IB English A EE Grader
AI grading for the IB English A Extended Essay: predicted grade band and per-paragraph feedback. English A (Literature) EEs reward sustained, original...
English A (Literature) EEs reward sustained, original literary argument grounded in close textual analysis. Examiners flag essays that summarise rather than analyse.
What we grade for
- Originality of literary thesis
- Close reading depth - language, structure, form
- Use of critical sources and theoretical lenses
- Argument structure and synthesis
- Subject-specific terminology
Common pitfalls
- Plot summary instead of argument - biggest red flag
- Quotes dropped in without analysis
- No engagement with critical / theoretical lenses
How the English A EE is marked
- Focus and method (max 6) - Sharply-focused RQ + methodology appropriate to subject
- Knowledge & understanding (max 6) - Subject-specific knowledge, terminology, academic context
- Critical thinking (max 12) - Reasoning, evaluation of evidence, synthesis - heaviest weight
- Presentation (max 4) - Structure, formatting, citation, layout
- Engagement (max 6) - RPPF - reflection on process, intellectual initiative
Frequently asked questions
What is the MyRevisionAgent Extended Essay grader?
An AI-powered grader that scores your IB Extended Essay against all five official criteria - Focus & Method, Knowledge & Understanding, Critical Thinking, Presentation, Engagement - on the /34 rubric. You get a predicted band, criterion-by-criterion justification, per-paragraph feedback, and a confidence range.
Which EE subjects does it support?
Ten subjects: Biology, Business Management, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, English A, English B, Global Politics, Physics, and Psychology. Each subject uses its own feature weighting because the EE rubric rewards different things in a Physics essay vs an English Lit one.
How accurate is the AI grading compared to a real IB examiner?
Our model is trained on 593 real, IB-awarded Extended Essays. On a held-out test set it matches the examiner's grade band within one band 96% of the time (47% exact-band match), with a mean absolute error of about 3.6 marks out of 34 - and every prediction ships with an explicit ±error range so you can see the model's confidence. Frontier LLMs used as a generic prompt - like Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 - aren't calibrated to the IB mark scale, so they match the examiner's grade band far less often.
Is it free? Do I get a free Extended Essay grade?
Yes - we add one free grading token to every new account on signup, usable on any grader including the EE. Additional grades use grading tokens you can top up from the Tokens page. Resources, guides and the in-app rubric are free to browse.
Is using an AI grader allowed by the IB? Will it flag me for academic misconduct?
Using an AI tool to get feedback on your own draft is fine and is treated the same as a teacher or tutor giving you feedback - the IB's academic-integrity policy is about not submitting AI-generated work as your own. We never write your essay for you. We grade your essay and explain why, so you can revise it yourself. Always disclose AI tool use as instructed by your school.
Does the grader assess my research question?
Yes. Research-question alignment is one of the seven subject-aware features the model extracts. It checks whether your RQ is appropriately scoped, focused, and analytically framed for the subject - and feedback flags exactly where the RQ is letting Criterion A down.
Do I get per-paragraph feedback on my essay?
Yes. Every flagged clause is highlighted on your essay in the colour of the skill it concerns - focus & RQ, analysis & argument, evidence & method, knowledge & terms, structure & clarity - with a severity label and a specific revision note. Clauses that already earn their marks get a green check. Click any highlight to jump to its note.
Can I upload a PDF of my EE?
Yes. Upload a PDF up to 20 MB. We extract the essay text, preserve paragraph boundaries, and surface the annotated original PDF in the Annotations tab.
What is the maximum essay length the grader accepts?
Anything between 500 and 80,000 characters. The 4,000-word EE plus your bibliography and appendices all fit comfortably. Anything outside that range is rejected with a clear error so you don't burn a token.
How long does grading my EE take?
Grading takes 4-6 minutes end-to-end, including reading every table, diagram and equation out of your PDF with our own layout models. Progress streams live through every stage, so you always see exactly where your grade is.
How is this different from just asking ChatGPT or Claude to grade my essay?
A generic LLM hasn't been trained on the IB's actual mark scheme or thousands of real IB-awarded essays. It will write fluent prose about your essay but its predicted mark is essentially a guess. Our grader pairs a frontier LLM (for the close reading and feature extraction) with a classical ML model - gradient-boosted trees and ridge regression - trained on real IB-awarded EEs, cross-checked by a statistical validator that flags when the two disagree. Every prediction ships with an explicit uncertainty range and a confidence score, and we flag it on your grade whenever the validator diverges from the base model.
Who built this grader?
MyRevisionAgent's grading models are built by a PhD candidate in Machine Learning at Imperial College London (CTO), a quant developer from UBS (CEO), and an education specialist with ten years' experience teaching at one of the UK's top 10 IB schools. Every subject rubric on the platform has been through the education team.
Is my Extended Essay used to train your models?
No. Submissions are never used for training. They are processed to produce your grade and stored only against your own account history so you can revisit them.