One-word and objective
Matched against the key, with accepted variants you list: H₂ for hydrogen, Ω for ohm.
Answer-sheet evaluation · English, Hindi & Telugu medium
Handwritten answer sheets, read and pre‑marked. The final mark is yours.
Scan the sheets with a phone or scanner. Gradely reads the handwriting, checks every answer against your answer key and marking scheme, and suggests marks with a short reason. Anything it isn't sure about comes to you unmarked.
Built for
- Schools
- Junior colleges
- Coaching institutes
- Universities
CBSE, ICSE and State Board papers, marked to your scheme.
The stack on the staffroom table
Six sections of forty. 240 sheets for one unit test.
That is one subject, one test, one teacher. The marking happens at home, late, after the lessons are planned. By the fiftieth sheet it's hard to mark the same way you marked the first.
Then come the totals, the mark list for the office, and the question nobody has time to answer: which questions did the class actually get wrong?
Gradely does the first read of every sheet, the same way every time, and hands you the decisions.
How it works
Four steps. The last one is always yours.
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Scan
Photograph each sheet with a phone, or put the bundle through the office scanner. Photos or PDFs both work.
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Read
Gradely reads the handwriting and splits the sheet into answers by question number, including extra sheets.
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Suggest marks
Each answer is checked against your key and marking scheme. You get a suggested mark and a one-line reason.
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Teacher approves
You read the reasons, change any mark with one tap, mark the doubtful answers yourself, and approve the sheet.
What the teacher sees
The student's own page, and a reason for every mark.
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The scan, not a retyped copy
You always mark against what the student actually wrote, with the question beside it.
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A reason with every suggestion
Which scheme points were found and which were missing, in one line you can check at a glance.
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Doubtful answers arrive unmarked
Hard-to-read words, unexpected methods and diagrams are flagged, with the reason for the doubt.
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Nothing is final until you approve
Change any mark with + and −. Only approved sheets go into the mark list.
Subjects and languages
English, Hindi and Telugu medium. Maths steps included.
Q. What is refraction of light?
When light passes from one medium to another, it bends. This is called refraction.
प्र. प्रकाश का अपवर्तन क्या है?
जब प्रकाश एक माध्यम से दूसरे माध्यम में जाता है, तो वह मुड़ जाता है। इसे अपवर्तन कहते हैं।
ప్ర. కాంతి వక్రీభవనం అంటే ఏమిటి?
కాంతి ఒక యానకం నుండి మరొక యానకంలోకి ప్రయాణించినప్పుడు వంగుతుంది. దీనినే వక్రీభవనం అంటారు.
Short answers
Checked point by point against the marking scheme. The reason names the point that was missing.
Long answers
Scheme points found anywhere in the answer, in any order. Alternative correct explanations go to you.
Maths, step by step
x² + 2x + 3x + 61
= x(x + 2) + 3(x + 2)1
= (x + 2)(x − 3)0
Step marks as your scheme gives them. A slip in the last line doesn't cost the earlier steps.
Diagrams, graphs and maps are shown to the teacher to mark. Every pilot starts with a batch of your own students' sheets, so you can see how well Gradely reads their handwriting before you rely on it.
Results and analysis
The mark list is ready when the last sheet is approved.
Class-wise mark lists export straight to Excel or PDF. The question-wise view shows where the class lost marks, so the next lesson starts in the right place.
Open the results demo10-A · Science · Unit Test 1
16.4/ 25 class average
Average score by question
re-teach! Q7, scattering of light: most students named scattering but did not link it to shorter wavelengths.
Sample class · fictional data
Fairness and student data
A second pair of eyes. Never the examiner.
One scheme for every sheet
The first sheet and the two-hundredth are checked against the same answer key and the same marking scheme.
A teacher approves every mark
Suggestions stay suggestions. Marks reach the mark list only after a teacher approves the sheet, and every change is logged.
Doubtful answers are never auto-marked
Illegible words, unexpected methods, overwriting and diagrams are flagged and left blank for the teacher.
Student data under the DPDP Act, 2023
Scans and marks are processed only to evaluate your exams, visible only to your staff, and deleted when you ask.
Pricing
Launch pricing · first 10 institutions
Priced per sheet, or once a year.
Start with one class and one unit test. Most schools plan for the April session between January and March; a pilot before then lets your teachers try it on their own papers.
Per sheet
One subject, one exam, or a first pilot
₹12 per answer sheet
- All answer types, including maths steps
- Teacher console for review and approval
- Mark lists and question-wise analysis
- Excel and PDF export
For schools
School
Every class and subject, for the whole year
₹49,999 / year
Up to 5,000 answer sheets · about ₹10 a sheet
- Teacher accounts for all your staff
- English, Hindi and Telugu medium
- Help setting up your first answer keys and schemes
- Class-wise and subject-wise reports for the principal
Institution
Junior colleges, universities, coaching chains
Talk to us
- More than 5,000 sheets a year
- Branch-wise and course-wise reports
- Export formats for your ERP
- Priority support during exam weeks
FAQ
Questions teachers ask us.
No. It suggests a mark and a reason for each answer. A teacher reviews, changes what needs changing and approves the sheet. Only approved sheets go into the mark list.
The answer is flagged as doubtful and left unmarked, with the scanned image in front of you. The same happens for overwriting, unexpected methods and diagrams.
Sometimes, which is why nothing is final until a teacher approves it. In your pilot, teachers mark a batch of sheets themselves and compare it with Gradely's suggestions before deciding.
The question paper, the answer key and the marking scheme, the same things you would give a co-examiner, plus the scanned sheets. We help you set up the first few.
Yes. A phone photo taken flat and in good light works, as does any office scanner. Upload photos or PDFs, one sheet or a whole bundle.
We process scans and marks only on your instructions and only to evaluate your exams, as the DPDP Act, 2023 requires. Access is limited to your staff, and data is deleted when you ask. We can sign a data processing agreement with your institution.
Bring one answer key. We'll show you the rest.
Message us on WhatsApp and we'll walk your teachers through the console with a paper from your own syllabus.
Book a demo on WhatsApp