The Deep View: Grammarly wants to grade your papers before you turn them in

Posted on August 19, 2025 by michelleclarke2015
EDUCATION
Grammarly wants to grade your papers before you turn them in
Grammarly just launched eight specialized AI agents designed to help students and educators navigate the tricky balance between AI assistance and academic integrity. The tools include everything from plagiarism detection to a “Grade Predictor” that forecasts how well a paper might score before submission.
The timing feels strategic as the entire educational AI detection space is heating up. GPTZero recently rolled out comprehensive Google Docs integration with “writing replay” videos that show exactly how documents were written, while Turnitin enhanced its AI detection to catch paraphrased content and support 30,000-word submissions. Grammarly has become one of the most popular AI-augmented apps among users, but these moves show it’s clearly eyeing bigger opportunities in the educational arms race.
The standout feature is the AI Grader agent, which analyzes drafts against academic rubrics and provides estimated grades plus feedback. There’s also a “Reader Reactions” simulator that predicts how professors might respond to arguments, and a Citation Finder that automatically generates properly formatted references.
The tools launch within Grammarly’s new “docs” platform, built on technology from its recent Coda acquisition. Free and Pro users get access at no extra cost, though plagiarism detection requires Pro. Jenny Maxwell, Grammarly’s Head of Education, says the goal is creating “real partners that guide students to produce better work”
What makes Grammarly’s approach different from competitors like GPTZero and Turnitin is the emphasis on coaching rather than just catching. While GPTZero focuses on detecting AI with 96% accuracy and Turnitin flags content with confidence scores, Grammarly is positioning itself as teaching responsible AI use. The company cites research showing only 18% of students feel prepared to use AI professionally after graduation, despite two-thirds of employers planning to hire for AI skills.
This positions Grammarly less as a writing checker and more as an AI literacy platform, betting that the future of educational AI is collaboration rather than prohibition.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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