Evaluation Grids vs Report Card Comments

Evaluation Grids helps teachers assess student learning through competencies instead of grades. Create detailed evaluation rubrics, track each student's progress over time, and keep a clear overview of your whole class – all in one app. ASSESSMENT WITHOUT GRADES Move beyond numbers. Evaluation Grids is built around competency-based assessment: define the skills that matter, describe achievement levels in your own words, and document each student's development in a meaningful, formative way. Perfect for schools and teachers embracing modern assessment practices. TWO FLEXIBLE GRID TYPES • Competency grids: structured rubrics with criteria and achievement levels • Table grids: free-form tables for observations, checklists, and custom records Both types can be created from scratch or reused as templates across classes and school years. FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE Make every grid your own: • Define your own competencies, criteria, and level descriptions • Choose colors for achievement levels • Adjust layout and design per grid or globally • Add progress icons to visualize development at a glance • Annotate directly with Apple Pencil handwriting support CLEAR OVERVIEW OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE Keep track of every learner: • See all assessments for a student in one place • Follow progress across multiple grids and over time • Built-in statistics reveal strengths and areas for growth • Archive completed grids to keep past school years organized PROFESSIONAL PDF EXPORT Generate polished PDF reports for parent meetings, student feedback, or your own records – with customizable layout and naming. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS All data is stored on your device and synchronized through your personal iCloud account. No accounts, no tracking, no third-party servers. Seamlessly switch between iPhone, iPad, and Mac. BUILT FOR REAL CLASSROOMS Evaluation Grids was created by a teacher who needed a practical tool for everyday competency-based assessment. Every feature is designed to save time and make formative evaluation clear, flexible, and useful.

REMARK turns a ten second note about a student into a finished report card comment. Capture what you see during the week. At report time the comment is already written, from your own observations. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Capture a moment in ten seconds, in your own shorthand - Turn those notes into a full report card comment in seconds - Write warm messages home to families from the same notes - Cover several students with a single note - See at a glance which students still have nothing on file - Set your report deadline and watch the countdown - Keep a personal bank of comments you reuse every term - Export as plain text or CSV, or copy one comment at a time - Full two pane layout on iPad, with keyboard shortcuts WHY TEACHERS USE IT - Report week stops being hours of blank boxes - Every comment is grounded in something you actually observed - Nothing generic and nothing recycled from last year - Your voice stays yours, because every draft is fully editable - Read your own notes back as evidence beside each comment PRIVACY YOU CAN CHECK YOURSELF - No ads. Not one, anywhere in the app. - No account, no sign up, no email address required - Your classes, students and notes stay on your device - Student names are replaced with placeholder tokens before any AI request leaves the device, so the AI never receives a child name - You can read the exact outgoing request at any time in Settings - No analytics services, no trackers, no data brokers - Nothing you write is ever used to train AI models BUILT FOR QUALITY - One clear monospaced interface, designed to be read fast - Full Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support - Capture, editing, export and backup all work offline - No clutter and no distractions between you and your class WHO IT IS FOR - Primary and elementary teachers - Middle school and high school teachers - Homeroom teachers and subject teachers - Anyone who writes report card comments for a whole class HOW IT WORKS 1. Add a class and paste your roster from an email or a spreadsheet 2. Capture short notes as you teach 3. At report time, open the studio and generate a comment 4. Edit it, approve it, and export it to your school system Everything you enter belongs to you. Export a backup file whenever you like and keep it wherever you keep your school documents. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/