Marking is taking too much from your best teachers.
Claro drafts HSC Economics feedback against the criteria in minutes, not hours. Teachers still control every word that reaches a student; they just don't start from a blank page.
Built for HSC Economics teachers, heads of department and school leaders.
Explain ONE cost and ONE benefit of globalisation.
As a result of trade openness and foreign investment, globalisation have positively affected growth through strong resource allocation, giving individual economies a comparative advantage. Strong growth provides funds for education, health infrastructure, improving HDI outcomes, we've are and could have have lifted over 800 million people out of poverty since 1990.
However, a cost of globalisation is that growth is uneven with benefits concentrated in urban industrial sectors, whereby inequality has widened within emerging nations such as China with a Gini of 0.47.
- Benefit identified: growth lifted by trade openness and foreign investment. Credited.
- Asserts that openness lifts growth without explaining how, and the cost side has the same gap. Both explanation marks are lost here.Agreed, 2/4 stands. Explain how each effect works, not just that it happens.
- Specific, relevant evidence: the poverty figure strengthens the benefit.
- Cost identified with a concrete measure: widening inequality, backed by a real Gini figure. Credited.
- Benefit of globalisation identified
- Cost of globalisation identified
- Benefit explained with a clear mechanism
- Cost explained with a clear mechanism
2 / 4
Teacher verified
Feedback released to the student.
More written practice means more marking.
Students improve through frequent written responses. But teachers cannot sustainably review every response by hand, and when feedback arrives late, the practice loses value.
30 students × 1 written response = 30 scripts to review
Practice keeps growing.
Short and extended responses build understanding, exam technique and confidence.
- More practice
- More submissions
- Faster feedback needed
Marking time does not.
Each extra response still needs to be read, checked and returned by a teacher.
- Limited marking time
- Repeated first-pass comments
- Delayed feedback
Claro prepares the first pass, so teachers can review more work without starting from zero.
One response, from attempt to released feedback.
Follow the work down the page. Each handoff is deliberate, and the teacher sits at the point where a draft becomes a decision.
Students practise
A student completes multiple choice, a short answer or an extended response from the question bank. Every item carries its source, so the work begins with a real question and a real attempt.
The response enters the marking workflow
A source-labelled four-mark question with a student response ready for marking.
Claro portalSubmitted · 9:42 amTopic sprint · Student A
Written response
HSC 2018 · Short answer4 marksExplain ONE cost and ONE benefit of globalisation.
As a result of trade openness and foreign investment, globalisation have positively affected growth through strong resource allocation, giving individual economies a comparative advantage. Strong growth provides funds for education, health infrastructure, improving HDI outcomes, we've are and could have have lifted over 800 million people out of poverty since 1990.
However, a cost of globalisation is that growth is uneven with benefits concentrated in urban industrial sectors, whereby inequality has widened within emerging nations such as China with a Gini of 0.47.
Response ready for markingSubmitted 9:42 amClaro prepares the marking
Claro prepares AI-assisted marking against the question criteria: a proposed mark, a criterion-level breakdown, and annotations linking highlighted passages to draft feedback. It arrives in the teacher's review queue, never direct to the student.
Draft only · held for teacher review
Claro's draft awards two out of four marks and holds the result for teacher review.
Claro portalAwaiting reviewStudent A · Globalisation
Draft marking
Criterion breakdown
Benefit identified1/1Cost identified1/1Benefit explained0/1Cost explained0/1Awaiting reviewProposed mark
2 / 4
Draft feedback
Asserts that openness lifts growth without explaining how, and the cost side has the same gap. Both explanation marks are lost here.
Held for teacher review · Not visible to student
The teacher reviews
The teacher sees the response exactly as Claro marked it: highlighted passages with linked feedback and a proposed mark. Feedback can be edited, annotations added or removed, and the mark adjusted. Nothing reaches a student until the teacher has verified and deliberately released it.
Professional judgement stays in control
A teacher reviews the student response: annotations link highlighted passages to Claro's draft feedback, the teacher verifies the mark of two out of four, and nothing is released until the teacher sends it.
Claro portalAwaiting releaseStudent A · Globalisation
Response under review
As a result of trade openness and foreign investment, globalisation have positively affected growth through strong resource allocation, giving individual economies a comparative advantage. Strong growth provides funds for education, health infrastructure, improving HDI outcomes, we've are and could have have lifted over 800 million people out of poverty since 1990.
However, a cost of globalisation is that growth is uneven with benefits concentrated in urban industrial sectors, whereby inequality has widened within emerging nations such as China with a Gini of 0.47.
Draft mark2 / 4Annotations
Benefit identified: growth lifted by trade openness and foreign investment. Credited.Asserts that openness lifts growth without explaining how, and the cost side has the same gap. Both explanation marks are lost here.: Agreed, 2/4 stands. Explain how each effect works, not just that it happens.Specific, relevant evidence: the poverty figure strengthens the benefit.Cost identified with a concrete measure: widening inequality, backed by a real Gini figure. Credited.Teacher verifiedRelease to studentThe teacher releases
Once the review is complete, the teacher releases the approved version to one student or to the whole class. Until that deliberate action, the draft remains out of the student's view.
Only the approved version reaches the student
The teacher approves the feedback before releasing it to the student.
Claro portalTeacher approvedStudent A · Globalisation
Approved response
Teacher approved
2 / 4 · feedback
Approved 10:06 am
Student receives
Released
Delivered 10:07 am
Nothing crosses this gate before approval.
Patterns become visible
Across the class, individual attempts become a clearer picture of learning: the topics where marks are being lost, who has attempted what and where the next lesson may need to focus.
One response becomes useful class insight
A class view compares learning gaps across exchange rates, fiscal policy and unemployment.
Claro portal28 studentsYear 12 Economics · Class overview
Topics needing attentionTopic 2: Exchange rates82%Topic 4: Fiscal policy61%Topic 3: Unemployment43%Class engagement
This week- Attempted
- 24 / 28
- Feedback released
- 19
- Awaiting review
- 5
Step through a response.
Submit a response as the student. Claro prepares the marking. Review it as the teacher, edit anything you like, then send it back. Use the steps below to jump between stages once they unlock.
Stage 1 of 3. Student side. Review the response, then submit it for marking.
Explain ONE cost and ONE benefit of globalisation.
As a result of trade openness and foreign investment, globalisation have positively affected growth through strong resource allocation, giving individual economies a comparative advantage. Strong growth provides funds for education, health infrastructure, improving HDI outcomes, we've are and could have have lifted over 800 million people out of poverty since 1990.
However, a cost of globalisation is that growth is uneven with benefits concentrated in urban industrial sectors, whereby inequality has widened within emerging nations such as China with a Gini of 0.47.
This is the response Claro will mark. In the full product, a student writes and submits their own answer here.
See where students are improving, and where they are getting stuck.
Every response a class submits becomes part of a department-level view: student engagement, the syllabus areas where marks are being lost, the students who need attention, and a recommended next step, without reading a stack of scripts to find it.
Where the cohort stands
76%
216 of 284 responses this week
3
Students flagged across 3 classes
18
Responses across 3 teachers
- Topic 2: Exchange rates74% · 3 of 3 classesUp 9 pts since last term
- Topic 4: Fiscal policy58% · 2 of 3 classes
- Topic 3: Unemployment41% · 3 of 3 classes
- Topic 1: International organisations27% · 1 of 3 classes
Revisit exchange rate outcomes with a shared worked example, then confirm the gap has closed with a timed re-attempt.
62 of 84 students losing marks · 3 of 3 classes affected
- Student G3 low scores in a row · Exchange rates
- Student KNo submission in 2 weeks
- Student RSharp drop since last term
A starting point for discussion, not a conclusion
Spot weak syllabus areas
Syllabus-area and criterion-level patterns surface across a class or year group, so the next lesson can target where marks are actually being lost.
Track progress over time
See how a class, or an individual student, is moving across terms, not just how the most recent assessment went.
Keep teaching decisions visible
Each weak area arrives with a recommended department action. Whether that reading is right, and how to act on it, stays a professional judgement made by staff.
Why schools choose Claro
Claro makes frequent in-class written practice sustainable at school scale.
Students get more feedback because teachers spend less time marking from scratch.
Time back for teaching
First-pass marking is drafted the moment a student submits, in class or at home. Teachers review and release instead of marking from scratch.
Teacher-controlled feedback
Every highlight, comment and mark is editable, and nothing reaches a student until a teacher releases it: a rule in the product, not a setting.
Department visibility
Marking data shows where the cohort loses marks and which syllabus areas need attention before the next assessment.
What departments ask us first.
Pick a topic. If the answer you need is not here, it is a good first question for a demo.
How can a school trial Claro?
Start with a demo. We'll show the teacher review workflow with real question types and talk through a one-class trial.
How much setup does a department need to do?
Nothing before a demo. For a trial, we set up your classes and reviewing teachers together, never a blank system to configure alone.
Which year groups is it for?
Senior Economics classes working towards the HSC: Year 11 or Year 12, depending on your department.
Does Claro replace teachers?
No. Claro drafts a mark and feedback; the teacher reviews, adjusts and decides what reaches the student. Professional judgement stays with the teacher.
How does written-response marking work?
A student submits a short or extended response. Claro marks it against the question's criteria, highlights the passages that earned or lost marks, and creates annotations linking each passage to draft feedback, sent to the teacher, not the student.
Can teachers edit marks and feedback?
Yes. Teachers can edit the mark and written feedback, add or remove annotations, and decide which version the student receives.
What does a teacher actually do each week?
Work through the review queue: read each draft, confirm or adjust it, then release. Time depends on how much the class has written. We would rather show you the queue than quote a number.
When do students see feedback?
When a teacher releases it. Multiple choice is marked immediately, since the answer is unambiguous; written feedback waits for review.
Is Claro only for Economics?
Claro is built for HSC Economics first, since marking depth matters more than breadth. Other subjects are planned. Ask us what your department would need.
Where do the practice questions come from?
Past exam papers and school trials, each carrying its source. Anything adapted is labelled, so students always know what they are looking at.
What can school leaders see?
Class-level activity, topic patterns and syllabus coverage: what a head of department needs to support teachers. We will walk through role-by-role visibility in a demo.
Can a head of department see across several classes?
Yes, that is the point of the class views. We would rather show you exactly what each role can reach than summarise it, since it is the question departments scrutinise most.
How is student data handled?
We will walk your school through what is stored, where it sits and who can access it during a demo. Formal data and privacy documentation is still being finalised.
Is student work used to train models?
This commitment belongs in writing, not on a marketing page. Ask us directly in a demo and we will answer plainly, and in the documentation once it is finalised.
See the review workflow with your own course in mind.
Half an hour, with someone who can answer department questions. No setup required beforehand.
- The teacher review queue, with real question types
- How a written response is marked, verified and released
- The class view your department would get