About FRQuick
The new and improved model of FRQuick released today has been rebuilt from the ground up to provide students with faster and more reliable feedback on their writing. At its core, FRQuick grades essay responses against the same rubrics used in classrooms and Advanced Placement tests to give students a clear and structured sense of what steps they need to take to improve their writing.
This release brings three major upgrades. First, grading accuracy has taken a significant step forward, with FRQuick now having an average QWK greater than 0.8. QWK, or Quadratic Weighted Kappa, essentially measures how much two graders agree on a score. The average student would fall between 0.4 and 0.7 QWK, as anything above 0.8 is considered near-perfect. Even AP readers can disagree and make mistakes, so for FRQuick to achieve QWK greater than 0.8 is amazing. Read more about our benchmarking here.
Secondly, we have completely redesigned our website to streamline the grading process, in order to improve user experience and ensure that our product is as user friendly as possible.
Finally, we have added a brand new sign-in feature to FRQuick, allowing students to create an account, save their essay history, and track their scores and improvement over time, transforming one-off feedback into a picture of growth over time. This new feature allows students to receive personalized feedback, as they now have access to a dashboard which shows skills they need to focus on and helps them to take the necessary steps to improve their writing.
FRQuick currently supports grading for all AP English and core history classes, alongside three options for generic, non-AP, essays. No matter what classes a student is taking, FRQuick meets them where they are with quality feedback on their writing.
Why this matters
High-quality feedback on essays has traditionally served as a barrier facing students across the country. Teachers often have classes with over 100 students and cannot afford the time to review every practice essay done by every student. While tutoring exists, they are often expensive and require students to change their schedule. Additionally, most online study tools require a subscription and/or are low-quality. Many students, particularly those in under-resourced schools, cannot access real, detailed, quality feedback on their writing.
FRQuick closes this gap.
With our free, high quality service, students can access the help they need 24/7. We believe that, with FRQuick, every high-school student can receive the consistent and detailed feedback they need to make real improvement a reality.
FRQuick is not affiliated with the College Board or Advanced Placement. AP is a registered trademark of the College Board.
