Legend.org co-founder Matt Sornson said the company’s platform lets teachers upload student work — either digital files or even photos of handwritten work. The AI tools will help teachers track progress on these more subjective skills using indicators educators and researchers are still developing. Sornson said that AI tools he is working on will evaluate communication skills, for example, from recorded verbal presentations. He stressed that AI won’t be giving student work the final ratings, just acting as an aide to teachers. “I would be surprised if schools decide to forsake the AI tools as they will be highly accurate and save students and teachers time,” Looney said.