Writeiq - Writing Assessment for Australian Schools

How Writeiq works

One marking event. Everything follows.

A teacher marks a piece of writing. Writeiq does the rest.

01

Mark the writing

Assess each criterion using the rubric. Scan handwritten work with Writeiq Vision, or students type directly. Around 2 minutes per student. Six writing modes: narrative, persuasive, and analytical (secondary) plus primary narrative, primary persuasive, and recount.

Writeiq Vision - scan handwritten work

Year 8 - Persuasive writing

24 students

Sentence structure

2

Vocabulary

3

Paragraphing

3

Ideas

4

Audience

4

Cohesion

2

DevelopingSentence structure is the priority for 14 students

02

Student gets feedback

Every student receives detailed, criterion-level feedback immediately. A Developing student and an Extending student get completely different feedback on the same criterion. Language a 14-year-old will actually read and do something with. One clear next step. Consistent across every teacher in the school.

Safeguarding detection built in

Student feedback

Developing

Characterisation and Setting

Your character has a physical presence in the scene. To push further, let your setting do character work: pick one detail in the room that reflects how Daniel is feeling, without naming the emotion directly.

Your next step: Rewrite your second paragraph so that one setting detail connects directly to Daniel's inner state.

Sentence Craft

You are writing clear, simple sentences. To move into Consolidating, vary your sentence openings and try embedding a subordinate clause before the main clause.

03

Teacher gets a GRR lesson plan

Teach Next identifies the highest-impact criterion for each band group and generates a complete GRR lesson plan - I Do, We Do, You Do - built from your class's actual results. Open it Monday morning. Teach it first period. No templates. No preparation.

Rosenshine-grounded explicit instruction

Developing band - 8 students - Sentence structure60 min

I Do - 15 min

Model two versions of the same moment: one with simple sentences, one with a subordinate clause opening. Class identifies which creates more tension and why.

We Do - 20 min

Pairs rewrite three simple sentences from their own drafts, embedding a subordinate clause. Share back. Class votes on which revision lands best.

You Do - 20 min

Students locate three simple sentences in their draft and revise independently. Swap with a partner to check the subordinate clause is in the right position.

Name students for peer modelling. Emerging band plan also generated.

04

Leadership gets seven views. Zero reports.

The leadership dashboard updates automatically from every assessment event. Seven tabs give principals and literacy leaders everything they need without requesting a single report from teachers.

Overview - band heatmap across every class and year level

Where the Gaps Are - criterion-level analysis showing which writing skills need school-wide attention

Action Plan - targeted professional learning priorities generated from real-time data. Not generic PD - specific teaching actions by year level

Teaching Cycles - before-and-after evidence. Log an intervention, run Writeiq again, see whether scores improved

Growth and Tracking - term-on-term, year-on-year. At-risk flags (Emerging on 2+ tasks). Boundary students within 8% of next band

Cross-class comparison - see which classes are strongest and where approaches are worth sharing

Action Plan from your school's data. Teaching Cycles that show whether it worked.

School overview

Term 2 2026

247

Students assessed

3.2

Avg band

18

At risk

+0.4

Growth this term

Band distribution - Year 8

ExtendingConsolidatingDevelopingEmerging

What a marking session looks like

From student writing to Monday's lesson plan.

Here's what actually happens when you use Writeiq. Start to finish, a class of 25 takes about 50 minutes to mark.

1

Students write

You set the task: genre, year level, prompt, time limit. Project the QR code. Students scan and start writing. No accounts, no passwords. Timer runs. Lockdown mode keeps them focused. You see submissions arrive in real time. They can request draft feedback before their final submission.

2

The engine marks for you

Open a submission and the IWAF v2.4 engine scores each criterion automatically. 26 logic gates validate the scoring in real time - if Spelling outpaces Sentence Structure by more than 20%, the engine flags it for review. If a student writes in the wrong genre, GATE-F catches it. Your job is to review and override with a reason where needed. Around 2 minutes per student.

3

Everything generates simultaneously

The moment you finish marking, three things happen at once. Each student gets personalised, band-differentiated feedback they can act on. Your dashboard shows the class grouped by band with the priority criterion identified. And a progressive L1-L5 lesson sequence generates. L1 is explicit modelling (I Do). L2 is guided practice (We Do). L3-L5 extend and deepen. Each lesson builds on the prior - paste the "Save for next lesson" note from the previous session and the next lesson picks up where you left off. Export each to PPTX. 197 teaching strategies embedded across every band and criterion.

4

Leadership sees it without asking

The leadership view updates automatically. Band heatmap across every class and year level. At-risk students flagged if Emerging on two or more tasks. Boundary students one mark from the next band. Teaching cycle tracking shows which priorities teachers have acted on. Cross-class comparison shows how each teacher's class sits against the cohort. Year-on-year growth when you archive and run again next year. Teachers do not compile a single report. The data is already there.

Writeiq Vision - handwritten and PDF

The last barrier to whole-class assessment.

Half your students write by hand. Vision removes that barrier. Photograph a handwritten page with your phone camera, or upload a PDF of scanned student work. The same IWAF v2.4 engine processes it, producing identical criterion feedback, lesson plans, and leadership data. Confidence scoring tells you when to check the transcription. Same engine. Same feedback. No typing required.

Phone camera capture PDF upload Handwriting transcription Confidence scoring Same IWAF engine

More than assessment

Entry diagnostic. Moderation. Portfolio.

Entry and diagnostic

Use Writeiq when students arrive at Year 7 to baseline their writing across every criterion. Know where incoming students are before they write their first piece for you. Identify students who need immediate support and those ready for extension.

Year-level moderation

Same rubric, same criteria, same 26 logic gates across every teacher. Use Writeiq results as the calibration tool when teachers moderate together. Cross-class comparison shows where marking is consistent and where it diverges.

Student portfolio

Consolidated multi-task family report showing every assessment, growth trajectory, consistent strengths, and areas to focus on. One page. Clear progress. Parents see the whole writing journey, not just one snapshot.

Curriculum alignment

Nine frameworks. One assessment.

Every criterion score maps to curriculum codes and achievement standard descriptors across all active frameworks simultaneously. No manual cross-referencing.

Victorian Curriculum 2.0Australian Curriculum v9IB MYPVCENSW NESAQLD QCAAWA WASCSAUK National CurriculumIB PYP

Years 3-12 - Primary and secondary modes - 13 criteria assessed - 26 logic gates

What you get with Writeiq

No other writing assessment tool does all of this.

Powered by IWAF v2.4 - 30 years of evidence-based literacy research. 26 logic gates. 197 teaching strategies. Every feature below is included in every licence.

For students

Feedback written for their band, with one thing to work on next

Practice Mode - students practise on their own terms. Nothing is recorded. Nobody sees it but them

Draft feedback - revise before final submission

QR code entry - scan a QR code and start writing. That is the entire login

Lockdown mode - full screen so students cannot open other tabs

For teachers

L1-L5 GRR lesson sequence - five progressive lessons, each builds on the prior. PPTX export

Writeiq Vision - scan handwritten work or upload PDFs. Same engine, same feedback

Entry and diagnostic assessment - baseline Year 7 students on arrival

Intervention and extension - strategies for every band including Extending

Year-level moderation - same rubric, same engine, every teacher. Use the results when you moderate together

Compare your classes - if you teach three Year 8 groups, see which class needs what, without waiting for leadership to tell you

Family reports + Student portfolio - one report showing every assessment, the growth, and what to work on at home

For leadership

Band heatmap - every class, every year level, one screen

Where the Gaps Are - criterion analysis across the whole school by year level

Action Plan - targeted professional learning generated from real-time writing data

Teaching Cycles - before-and-after evidence of whether interventions worked

At-risk and boundary flags - automatic identification, no manual tracking

Growth tracking - term-on-term, year-on-year cohort comparison

The engine

IWAF v2.4 - 30 years of evidence-based research. GRR-aligned, Rosenshine-grounded

197 teaching strategies - written for real classrooms, different for every band, tested by teachers

9 frameworks, 13 criteria - VC2, AC9, MYP, VCE, NESA, QCAA, WASCSA, UK NC, PYP

Safeguarding - if a student writes something concerning, you know first

Moderation support - consistent marking across every teacher in the school

SSO, bulk import, year rollover - the things that usually take a term to set up are already done

Every feature above is included in every licence. No add-on charges. No per-student fees.

See it in action

Click through the full workflow.

Mark a piece of writing. See the student feedback. Open the GRR lesson plan. Check the leadership dashboard. No login required. Takes about 2 minutes.

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