TERMS OF USE

The purpose of the Gradingly tool is to help you assess and improve your writing, providing constructive feedback to assist you in your preparation for whichever exam you choose to take. We are not ourselves an exam board. The results generated by the Gradingly assessment system may not precisely match the result you achieve in a real examination environment.

The international awarding bodies offering English examinations all have slightly differing marking criteria for their writing components. At Gradingly, we have therefore developed a tool which is by design, universal.

While there is no guarantee that achieving a high score using our service will result in a similar score in a real exam environment, our experts have chosen marking criteria which conform to the highest academic standards and cover the criteria of all the main English language examinations as thoroughly as possible.

Please note:

• we are not an academic subject matter approval service; we assess language and overall writing skills, not domain knowledge or factual information. In other words, if a candidate states that the Earth orbits the Moon or Lady Gaga was an ancient scribe in another life, we will not include this as an error or unverifiable assertion, as long as the language is correct and the content is relevant to the topic you are writing about
• we would not recommend using our assessment tool as a language placement test, as placement tests with a high degree of reliability usually involve other language skills as well
• for all examinations taken, learners should remember that although there is a correlation between achievement in the various skills, a high score achieved in the writing component does not necessarily implicate a high score on the other skills tested
• we are not a proofreading service to automatically fix all grammatical errors and writing mistakes. Our robust feedback is there to provide useful pointers regarding weaker and stronger aspects of your writing skills, so that you can improve your performance
• we are emphatically not a place where you can purchase essays or ask someone to write an essay for you
• using abusive or indecent language may result in Gradingly refusing the processing of such submission