Lead Writing Excellence

Empower your English department with data-driven solutions to standardise assessment, track student growth, and improve writing outcomes across all year levels.

Partnered with leading English faculties

Developed collaboratively with English department leaders

University of Melbourne
Swinburne University
The Problem

English Department Leadership Challenges

Leading an English department requires consistent assessment standards and clear visibility into student progress across all year levels.

Inconsistent Assessment Across Department

  • Different standards used by different teachers
  • Inconsistent feedback confuses students and parents
  • Moderation difficulties across large departments

Limited Department-Wide Data

  • No department trends visible across year levels
  • Difficult to identify curriculum gaps and strengths
  • Senior assessment preparation lacks systematic tracking
The Solution

Department-Wide Excellence

Tools designed specifically for English department heads and coordinators

Department-Wide Standardisation

Consistent framework for assessment across all teachers. Same rubrics, skill categories, and feedback language department-wide.

Complete assessment consistency

Comprehensive Department Analytics

View writing skill development across all classes and year levels. Track departmental trends and year-on-year progress.

Data-driven curriculum planning

Senior Assessment Preparation

Systematic skill building from junior to senior years. Track development of writing capabilities needed for final examinations.

Better senior assessment outcomes

How Mark My Words Works

Mark My Words provides personalised feedback, tracks student writing progress and creates targeted interventions - and saves time doing it.

Student Essay
Skills Assessment
Writing Skills
I can use sensory details
I can create dynamic characters
I can vary sentence structure
Framework Alignment
Sensory Details
4/5
Aligned with curriculum standards for descriptive writing
Curriculum Standards
Year 1-12
Standards-based criteria matched to grade level expectations
Framework configured
1

Upload Rubric and Define Skills

Start with your existing rubrics, then choose to target additional granular skills for more detailed feedback. We adapt to your school's assessment approach while offering deeper skill analysis.

  • Upload your existing rubrics and assessment criteria
  • Choose to add granular skills for detailed feedback
  • Alignment with your curriculum standards
  • Create school-wide consistency in writing assessment
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2

Upload Work

Upload student writing in any format—handwritten or digital—and process entire class sets in minutes with our intelligent recognition technology.

  • Support for photos, scans, PDFs, and digital text
  • Advanced handwriting recognition technology
  • Bulk upload entire class sets at once
  • Compatible with all device types and downloaded documents from all learning platforms
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Upload Student Work
Drag files here or click to upload
Supports handwritten, typed, or scanned work
25 uploads remaining in batch
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Feedback Analysis
Feedback & Intervention
AI Generated
Student Essay

The old castle stood on the hill.The ancient stones were covered in moss and the air smelled of rain.The windows were broken.The girl walked up the path. She opened the door. It creaked loudly.Inside, the hallway was dark and cold.

Feedback Analysis
Strength: Strong use of descriptive adjectives and sensory details: "The ancient stones were covered in moss and the air smelled of rain."
Growth area: Work on varying your sentence structure. "The girl walked up the path. She opened the door. It creaked loudly." Try combining these short sentences for better rhythm and flow.
✓ Feedback ready
3

Generate Feedback & Interventions

Receive instant, detailed feedback on student writing and automatically generate personalised learning activities that target each student's specific needs.

  • AI-powered analysis against 1,000+ writing skills
  • Specific, actionable feedback that references actual writing
  • One-click personalised learning interventions
  • Teacher review and customisation of all feedback
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4

Track Growth

Monitor writing development over time with comprehensive analytics that show individual student progress, class trends, and school-wide patterns to inform instruction.

  • Longitudinal tracking from Year 1 to Year 12
  • Visual growth charts for individual skills and overall writing
  • Cohort analysis and comparison reporting
  • Evidence-based insights for parent conferences and planning
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Emma's Writing Growth
Term 1-3, 2023
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
Term 4
4 key areas showing improvement
📊 Report available

Features designed for writing assessment

Everything you need to assess, track, and improve student writing with less marking.

Skill Tracking

Track writing progress across your entire school with customisable frameworks that match the systems you already have in place

Bulk Upload

Assess multiple writing tasks at once - transform stacks of work into organised, actionable feedback

Handwriting Recognition

Upload and assess any student work instantly - handwritten or digital

Annotations & Feedback

Add targeted comments that show students exactly how to improve their work

Contextual Interventions

AI learns to your teaching style to deliver consistent, curriculum-aligned feedback

Adaptive Rubrics

Keep using your school's rubrics while making assessment faster and more consistent

Trusted by schools across Australia

Join hundreds of schools already using Mark My Words to improve student writing.

Apollo Park Primary School
Avenues College
Carinya Christian College
St Gregory's College
St Mary Mackillop
St Michael's Primary School
St Oliver Plunkett Pascoe Vale
St Patrick's Townsville
Westbourne Grammar
Woori Yallock Primary School
Longwarry Primary School
Mentone Grammar
Alphington Grammar
Inverloch Primary School
Apollo Park Primary School
Avenues College
Carinya Christian College
St Gregory's College
St Mary Mackillop
St Michael's Primary School
St Oliver Plunkett Pascoe Vale
St Patrick's Townsville
Westbourne Grammar
Woori Yallock Primary School
Longwarry Primary School
Mentone Grammar
Alphington Grammar
Inverloch Primary School
Coming Term 3

What's Coming Next: Student Portal & Activities

Your writing assessment is about to get even more powerful. Here's what we're building for Term 3...

Assessment + More

Soon, your assessment will be just the beginning! Students will be able to continue their learning journey with ongoing support and practice activities.

Photo Upload Portal

Students will be able to snap photos of their handwritten work and upload them directly through their own portal for instant AI evaluation and feedback.

Easy Work Submission

Students will be able to snap photos and submit all their work directly from their device - no more queuing at scanners or losing assignments.

Want to see how this will work?

Book a demo to see our current assessment features and learn about the exciting student portal features coming in Term 3.

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English Department Head FAQs

Common questions from English faculty leaders.

How does Mark My Words standardise assessment across a department?

What department-wide analytics are available?

How can Mark My Words help improve senior assessment outcomes?

How does implementation work for an entire English department?

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