Formative assessments

Assess real understanding without the grading burden.

Stop choosing between effective formative assessments and your limited time. Smart Paper's AI reads handwritten responses, provides immediate feedback, and eliminates grading bottlenecks — all from a simple smartphone scan.

A teacher using Smart Paper to scan handwritten formative assessments.

Smart Paper is helping educators move beyond MCQs to assess deeper learning without the grading burden.

80%reduced grading time
5 minfor AI feedback
0student screen time
Smart Paper classroom workflow with printed worksheets and phone scanning.

How it works

Beyond MCQs: assess real understanding.

Create & use any format

Move beyond limiting multiple-choice questions to short answer, diagrams, math problems, and essays. Smart Paper can read and analyze any handwritten response, giving you true insight into student understanding.

Scan with just your phone

No special equipment needed. Use our mobile app to quickly scan completed assessments right from your desk. Transform a 4-hour grading session into a 5-minute scanning task.

Personalised AI feedback

Every student gets meaningful feedback on every question — something impossible to do manually at scale. Our AI provides personalised guidance while identifying class-wide learning gaps you can address immediately.

AI that reads handwriting

From messy handwriting to meaningful insights.

Smart Paper can read even challenging handwriting across all subjects. No limiting assessments to machine-readable formats, and no spending hours deciphering student writing.

Every answer, readable.

Words, sums, diagrams or maps. If it is on paper, Smart Paper can read it. That means you can ask the questions that show real understanding instead of defaulting to what a machine can easily mark.

Every student gets feedback on every question.

Imagine providing personalised feedback on every response for every student — an impossible task manually, but standard with Smart Paper. Our AI identifies misconceptions and provides tailored guidance that helps students learn from their mistakes.

"Before Smart Paper, I'd maybe write a few comments on major problems. Now every student gets detailed feedback on every question without any extra work from me. The impact on student learning has been remarkable."

— Science Teacher, Secondary School

Your phone is the scanner

Transform your phone into a grading assistant.

Scan anywhere, anytime

No bulky scanner required. Use your smartphone to quickly capture and process assessments from your desk, a coffee shop, or anywhere else. Go from paper to insights in minutes.

Instant processing

Assessments are processed immediately after scanning. No waiting for manual grading or delayed feedback — students can receive results before your next class session.

Insights that inform teaching

The assessment data you've always wanted.

With the grading burden removed, you can finally implement the frequent, varied assessments that best practices recommend.

Beyond right / wrong

Understand not just if students got answers wrong, but exactly why and how they're misunderstanding concepts.

Catch issues early

Identify struggling students and challenging concepts weeks before summative assessments, when there's still time to intervene.

Why educators choose Smart Paper

Less grading. More teaching.

Reclaim your evenings

Stop sacrificing your personal time to grade assessments. Smart Paper eliminates the grading bottleneck that prevents many teachers from using regular formative assessments.

Keep using paper

No need to reserve computer labs or ensure every student has a device. Maintain the simplicity and security of paper-based testing while gaining digital benefits.

Just your smartphone

No special hardware required. Use the device already in your pocket to transform assessment papers into actionable insights in minutes.

Ask better questions

Move beyond the limitations of multiple-choice. Smart Paper handles short answer, math problems, diagrams, and essays — giving you true insight into student understanding.

Every student, every time

Provide personalised feedback on every assessment item for every student — something impossible to do manually at scale, but standard with Smart Paper.

Teach smarter, not harder

Use assessment insights to focus your teaching time on concepts students actually struggle with, rather than guessing where to spend your limited instructional time.

Teach the way you always wanted to

Implement the assessments students need.

Implement the frequent, high-quality assessments you know students need — without the grading burden that made it impossible.