At Innovation Assessments, we believe that AI should support — not replace — teacher judgment. Today, we’re introducing a new optional tool that does just that: an AI-powered performance analysis of a student’s entire short-answer test.
This feature is now available as part of your scoring tools for any test using the test app!
How It Works
Once a student has completed a test — and all short-answer items have been scored (manually, with AI, or both) — teachers can now run a full-test analysis with the click of a button.
The system sends the following to GPT-4:
- Every short-answer question
- The student’s response and earned credit
- Model answers provided by the teacher
- Overall test and item statistics (averages, medians, etc.)
- Optional teacher instructions (e.g., “Focus on grammar and cohesion”)
- AI guidance settings (grade level, language, writing style, etc.)
The result? A cohesive analysis of the student’s overall performance that you can use to:
- Spot learning gaps or misconceptions
- Suggest next steps
- Generate report card comments
- Guide parent-teacher conferences
You Stay in Control
Teachers can provide optional instructions before running the analysis. Want the AI to focus on organization? Fluency? Compare to class trends? Just add that guidance — the AI will listen.
Everything is transparent: what the AI sees, what it says, and how it got there. You can read, copy, and even edit the AI’s report if you choose to share it with the student.
A Word on Ethics
We deliberately chose not to automate this process behind the scenes. You must manually request the full analysis — so that this remains a teaching support tool, not a replacement for your judgment.
In fact, we hope the few extra seconds it takes to run the tool encourages thoughtful engagement rather than AI overuse.
Available Now
To try it:
- Score all short-answer items on a test.
- Go to the test analysis screen.
- Click Run AI Analysis next to a student.
- Wait for the modal to load — then read, reflect, and decide how to use the feedback.
We hope this helps deepen your understanding of student performance — and supports the kind of teaching that AI can never replace.
As always, questions or feedback welcome.
—The Innovation Assessments Team (which is basically just me, D. Jones)