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What is LearningPulse?
LearningPulse helps educators analyze and make sense of the large amount of student work that is too time-consuming to analyze manually. Upload hundreds of essays, lab reports, reflections, or handwritten assignments and quickly see patterns in learning across students, classes, and grade levels. It is the engine behind a category we call Student Work Analysis: criterion-referenced insight drawn from the authentic work students already produce, rather than from a separate testing event.
Who is LearningPulse for?
Classroom teachers, instructional coaches, department chairs, and administrators who want to understand student learning through the actual work students produce. It fits any teaching load: five sections of one course, three different preps, or an elementary homeroom covering every subject.
How does LearningPulse work?
Four steps: describe the task, set your criteria, confirm how LearningPulse read them, and analyze. Criteria can be a rubric, learning objectives, I-can statements, state standards, or just what you are looking for in your own words, so analysis aligns to your goals rather than generic standards. Results come back as trends, strengths, and areas for growth by student, class, or grade level, with no added grading or data entry.
What kinds of assignments can it analyze?
Typed or handwritten writing samples, science lab reports, project reflections, short responses, and essays, across all subjects and grade levels. In school pilots that has ranged from middle school quick writes in three modes (narrative, informational, persuasive) to high school lab reports and AP Seminar writing.
Do you integrate with my LMS?
Probably. LearningPulse currently integrates with and pulls student work directly from Google Classroom and Canvas, and we add new integrations as schools need them.
How fast does it generate insights?
Most reports are ready in minutes. In one pilot, an entire middle school's writing was analyzed in a matter of minutes; a class set of 100+ lab reports that once took hours or days to review comes back the same period. The larger the amount of learning evidence uploaded, the longer the analysis takes.
Does it replace teacher feedback?
Absolutely not. LearningPulse is a digital thought partner, not a replacement for teacher expertise. Educators using LearningPulse describe it as another set of eyes that does not fatigue by the 100th paper. The judgment calls stay yours: every claim cites the student's own work so you can check it, and it tells you plainly when the evidence is thin.
Is this another new AI tool?
LearningPulse is a Student Work Analysis tool that fits into an educator's already busy day and makes sense of the data-rich environment schools already have, surfacing insights educators could never get before. It does not create lesson plans or quizzes. It analyzes authentic student work using AI responsibly, built on multiple machine learning technologies and grounded in decades of learning research, from Wiliam's embedded formative assessment to Hughes's work on measuring students against their own prior performance and Martin's personal best goals. The full research grounding is available for leaders who want to look under the hood.
Can I analyze an entire grade level at one time?
Yes. LearningPulse can process hundreds of submissions and show grade-level or school-wide patterns in minutes, then let you look closer at specific classes or students. Analysis runs at any cohort size: across multiple grades, a full grade, a full class, or multiple pieces of work from a single student.
How does it help us show growth over time?
LearningPulse measures growth by comparing each student to their own earlier work, not to a class average, with side-by-side excerpts from their writing as the evidence. Progress rolls up to the class, grade, or school level for planning, and the same student-level evidence supports MTSS reviews, IEP updates, and parent conversations.
Does it integrate with our existing systems?
Yes. It integrates with Google Classroom, Canvas, and Google Drive, with more integrations coming as schools need them.
What is the typical implementation timeline?
Most schools start with a short pilot. A typical rollout takes a week or two and includes onboarding for teachers and administrators; pilots have included onsite training with ongoing support over Zoom.
Can we start with a pilot?
Yes. Schools can begin with a 90-day or full-semester pilot before committing to a full license. To start, we schedule a conversation with a demo to make sure it is a good fit for your school or district.
Will this add more work for me?
No. LearningPulse is built to save time. Uploading student work is simple, and reports show trends you may not have time to find on your own. Define your criteria once and they cover every section you teach; each prep keeps its own saved criteria you can reuse all year.
How do I upload student work?
Upload directly or use the Google Drive and Google Classroom integrations. Both typed and handwritten work are supported, and you confirm the match between papers and students before anything is analyzed.
Can it handle handwritten assignments?
Yes. Handwriting recognition converts handwritten text into digital format for analysis. In one classroom pilot, students scanned handwritten responses with their iPads into Google Classroom and LearningPulse read every page, matched to the right student. For best accuracy, avoid tri-lined paper.
Does it align with academic standards?
Yes. LearningPulse can align with state and national standards, including Common Core, with your own curriculum rubrics and learning progressions, or simply with what you are looking for written in your own words.
How can I use the results in my classroom?
Identify which students need enrichment or reteaching, plan instruction or small-group work based on trends, and reflect on classroom learning patterns. Growth-over-time reports pull examples from a student's earlier work, which teachers in our pilots share with students and parents to show both how far they have come and where to focus next. It is a quick-analyzing thought partner that helps you focus on teaching.
Do you send student data to Google, OpenAI, or Anthropic?
No. We never send data to any third parties. Analysis runs in a controlled private AI environment built for school data, and student writing is never used to train models.
Is LearningPulse FERPA and COPPA aligned?
Yes. LearningPulse is built to meet the federal standards that govern how student data is handled in K-12, and schools retain ownership and control of their data. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with role-based access so each person sees only what they should.
Who owns the data?
Your school or district owns all data and has full control over its use, storage, retention, and deletion. We sign DPAs and provide security documentation before a pilot begins.
What happens to our data if we stop using LearningPulse?
All data can be exported and permanently deleted from our servers upon request.

The full posture is on the Privacy & Security page.

How much does LearningPulse cost?
Pricing depends on school size and usage. We'll provide a quote tailored to your needs.
Do you offer pilots or trials?
Yes. Schools can start with a semester-long pilot to evaluate impact before full adoption.
Are discounts available for multiple schools or districts?
Yes. Multi-school and district-level pricing is available. Contact us to discuss options.
How can we get started?
Register for a webinar, or set up a private demo and pilot conversation. Either way, you will be talking with an educator.
What kind of support do you provide?
Live onboarding and training, online tutorials, direct customer support, and a Help Center for on-demand resources. Pilot schools have received onsite onboarding plus ongoing support over Zoom throughout the pilot.
Is professional development included?
Yes. Training and professional development sessions are included in pilot and annual plans, and additional sessions can be scheduled as needed.
The next step

See LearningPulse run on real student work.

Register for a 30-minute webinar about the benefits of Student Work Analysis and see LearningPulse analyzing real student data. Or book a demo for a private walkthrough and trial conversation.

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