NCEAGrader helps New Zealand schools run defensible NCEA-style digital assessments: live proctoring, audit trails, NZQA-aligned rubrics and teacher-reviewed AI-assisted marking. I founded it and I'm the lead engineer.
Growth
From 22 users to 1,435+ (65×) across 10+ schools.
How it grades
- Rubric-aligned embeddings, so a response is compared against what the marking schedule actually rewards
- Teacher-calibrated models: teachers' own marks pull the model toward how their department grades
- Autoscaling inference and embedding caches to survive exam-week spikes
- Exam proctoring for the authenticity side of the problem
Stack: Next.js, Python, MongoDB, AWS. An OpenClaw instance on an Azure VPS handles email automation and development work.
Policy
I pitched NCEAGrader to the Prime Minister and the Education Minister as a framework for NZQA's digital assessment.