K-12 and Schools

AI tools built for K-12 classrooms.

Automated essay feedback, personalized assessments, and trusted content tools — built so teachers can teach, and students get faster, fairer feedback at any scale.

Why K-12 needs the right AI

  • Generic AI gives wrong answers

    Students turn to chatbots that confidently fabricate facts. Without a verified-content AI tool, schools either ban it or watch students learn from hallucinations.

  • Essay grading eats teacher time

    Teachers spend hours providing written feedback on essays. The result is delayed turnaround, inconsistent rubric application, and limited revision opportunities for students.

  • Personalization at scale is impossible manually

    Differentiating practice questions, feedback, and learning paths for every student is a math problem that defeats human bandwidth.

Primary product

EssayTutor — built for K-12 essay assessment

Teachers define the rubric; students get rubric-aligned feedback in minutes, not weeks. Standardized scoring, faster turnaround, and more time for what only teachers can do.

  • Detailed feedback that matches teacher comments in quality — without the wait
  • Consistent rubric application across every student, every subject, every grade
  • Personalized learning paths informed by individual and cohort performance data
  • District-wide scalability — supports hundreds of simultaneous submissions

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Essay Grading & Feedback

  1. 1

    Educator sets the rubric

    Prompt, model answer, and custom scoring criteria — defined in plain English.

  2. 2

    AI evaluates each submission

    Compared against the model answer; scored against the rubric; annotated with feedback.

  3. 3

    Everyone gets analytics

    Students see strengths and gaps. Educators see individual and cohort performance.

What schools are building with EssayTutor

  • Students submit essay drafts; EssayTutor returns rubric-aligned feedback in minutes, freeing the teacher to focus on the students who need 1:1 attention.

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  • AP and Honors essay practice with instant model-answer comparison — students iterate dozens of times before the real exam.

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  • State-exam writing practice across an entire grade level — consistent scoring, immediate feedback, and class-wide progress analytics for every teacher.

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  • A formative-assessment cycle that used to take a week now finishes in a day, so the teacher can intervene with struggling students before the next unit.

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Why Edtek

Built for K-12 — accurate, customizable, and grounded in your curriculum.

  • Beyond generic LLMs

    We use Refine and Self-Validation approaches — not just prompts to ChatGPT or a stock LLM. The architecture is built to answer accurately from your content.

  • RAG and graph-based retrieval

    An ensemble of semantic retrieval, multi-criteria reranking, and graph-based validation significantly reduces hallucinations and grounds every answer in your sources.

  • Easily customized to your subject

    The framework adapts to any subject, document type, or rubric. Configure assessments, knowledge bases, and document templates in plain English — no programming required.

  • Experienced team, 10+ years together

    Our team has worked together for over a decade, with deep expertise in AI, machine learning, educational technology, and legal publishing.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Edtek safe for student data?

    Yes. Edtek supports on-premise and private cloud deployment so student work and grades stay inside your district's infrastructure. For cloud deployments, data is encrypted in transit and at rest with strict tenant isolation.

  • How does Edtek prevent AI hallucinations in graded feedback?

    EssayTutor evaluates student responses against teacher-defined model answers and rubrics — the AI doesn't fabricate scoring criteria. Feedback is anchored to the rubric and the source material, with traceable reasoning.

  • Can teachers customize the grading criteria?

    Yes. Teachers define rubrics in plain English — including subject-specific frameworks. The system applies them consistently across every submission.

  • How long does deployment take for a district?

    Most schools go live in days, not months. Upload assignments and rubrics, and the system is ready. No coding or IT lift required.

  • Does Edtek replace teachers?

    No. Edtek automates the repetitive parts of feedback and assessment so teachers can spend more time on personalized instruction, mentorship, and high-value classroom interactions.

See Edtek with your curriculum.

Book a 30-minute walk-through with our team. We'll show EssayTutor working with your subjects and rubrics.