Why schools look past Gradescope.
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You print papers for whole classes
Student packs put a signed QR on every page, so you scan the stack in any order and every page finds its student.
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You want the paper too
Write the paper with AI in your school's style, then print it or run it on screen, and mark it in the same place.
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Your exams aren't only on paper
Online exams with proctoring, code in six languages, and Word, Excel and PowerPoint practicals sit beside paper.
AI marking
Mark a stack in an evening, not a weekend.
AI reads each answer, typed or handwritten, and suggests a mark with its reason, part by part. You agree, change it or write your own.
What you keep
- Rubric-style marking schemes, part by part
- Marking a question across the whole class
- Code marked by tests
- Exports to CSV and Excel
Why SparkMentis wins
- Signed QR codes on every page, so a scanned stack splits itself per student in any order.
- The paper itself: AI question papers in your school's style, printed or on screen.
- Proctoring with screen recording that keeps only the moments a student leaves.
- Office and design practicals, marked from the files.
- The school around the exam: attendance, parents, results and transcripts.
Where to start.
Switching from Gradescope
Is SparkMentis a Gradescope alternative?
For schools that grade paper exams, yes: scan, match each page to its student by QR code, and mark with AI help. It also writes the paper and runs online and practical exams.
Does Gradescope do proctoring?
Its home page, read on 7 November 2026, doesn't mention proctoring. SparkMentis has proctoring with screen recording built in.
Can SparkMentis mark handwritten answers?
Yes. Scanned pages are read by AI and marked against the scheme for a teacher to check and release.
Other comparisons
Across SparkMentis
See it with your school.
Tell us about your school and we'll walk you through a term with your own classes and papers.