AP Essay Grader
Grade AP essays with AI against real College Board rubrics AP Lang, AP Lit, AP World and more. Score FRQs in minutes, keep every assigned in your control.
EssayGrader has been a most helpful tool in my assessment process… I really enjoy the individualized feedback the students receive.
Grade all types of AP Essays with AI
AP Lang Essay Grader
Score synthesis, rhetorical analysis and argument essays on the official 6-point rubric - thesis, evidence & commentary, sophistication.
AP Literature Essay Grader
Grade all three FRQs - poetry, prose fiction and literary argument with line-level feedback on interpretation and evidence.
AP History Essay Grader
LEQs, DBQs and SAQs for AP World, APUSH and AP Euro - scored point by point on the College Board history rubrics.
IWA Grader
The AP Seminar Individual Written Argument, scored on all 7 rows of the 48-point rubric - stimulus integration, perspectives, citations and style.
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AP Essay Grader FAQs
Is there a free plan for AP teachers?
Yes - every AP teacher starts with 100 free gradings per month, then 50 free gradings per month at no cost. Paid plans raise the limit to up to 800 papers a month with automatic AI detection, plagiarism checks and citation checking.
Can my whole AP department grade the same way?
One of the most common reasons for AP departments to use EssayGrader is to calibrate their grading across the departments. Share a rubric across the department and every teacher scores against the same criteria, so a 4 in one section means a 4 in the next. With school or district plans, you can share rubric libraries and teacher rostering.
Which AP courses are supported for AI grading?
EssayGrader supports AP Lang, AP Lit, and the history courses through their LEQ, DBQ and SAQ rubrics. AP Seminar IWA is supported as well. Any AP course can be graded with EssayGrader as long as you upload a matching rubric.
Does it flag AI-written or plagiarized AP essays?
Yes. Every AP essay submission goes through a comprehensive AI-writing and a plagiarism check alongside the actual grading.
What feedback do my AP students actually see?
Per-criterion scores against the AP rubric plus specific feedback and comments tied to the essay. You review and edit everything before anything is shared, and you choose whether students see the rubric scores and feedback breakdown, personalized comments, or both.
Can EssayGrader grade handwritten AP essays?
Yes timed, paper-based FRQs from any AP course can be scanned or photographed; EssayGrader transcribes and grades them against the matching rubric.
How accurate is EssayGrader compared to my own scoring?
Whatever the AP course, we benchmark against experienced teachers and EssayGrader scores matched or landed within 1 point of teacher scores 94% of the time. To explore all the accuracy studies, visit our AI Grading Accuracy Center.
Does EssayGrader use the real College Board Rubrics?
Yes! The AP Lang and AP Lit 6-point analytic rubrics and the history LEQ/DBQ/SAQ rubrics are built in to the rubric library. You can also upload your own modified version for pretty much any AP writing courses.