Questions & Answers

Ezergrade™ tests spelling and grades it for you.

Make one word list. Test it four ways — with the whole class, at their own speed, at home, or on paper you photograph. Honest Input™ keeps autocorrect off, and every score lands in one gradebook.

Most apps that call themselves a spelling test are really practice tools. This one is the test.

Yes — we just need parent permission first.

If your students are under 13, email support@ezergrade.com a signed permission form from each child's parent, and we'll open your account.

Why: the children's privacy law lets a school or a parent give permission, and a tutor is neither.

Students 13 or over? None of this applies.

Three ways: type the words straight in, upload a file (txt, csv, PDF, or Word), or photograph a page from your spelling book.

Each word can carry a sentence that's read aloud with it. Ezer can also write you a list if you'd rather describe what you need.

Spelling Test Buddy gives you one test, taken alone.

Ezergrade gives you the same list four ways — with the class, at their own speed, at home, or on paper you photograph — all in one gradebook. Plus a second try, practice on their own wrong words, and scores into Google Classroom.

Here's the side by side.

• Class Test — everyone tests together while you control the pace
• Self-Paced — each student sets their own speed, you watch
• At-Home Practice — on their own device, graded, with a due date
• Paper — they write by hand, you photograph it

Same list, same students, same gradebook.

Yes, four: Unscramble, Missing Letters, Pick the Spelling, and Word Search. They use the same words as the test.

Send one to your class and students join with a code at ezergrade.com/join. No accounts, any device. You can see who played.

A pretest is an optional first run of the same list, before the real test.

Both count, and the higher score is the one that sticks — so a good pretest is banked and the real test can only help. The results page shows both, side by side.

A pretest comes before the real test. A retake comes after one. You re-run a finished test, in the same mode or a different one — so a student who missed the class test can take it at home.

You choose which score counts. On the results page you pick the first attempt or the retake. The higher one is already selected, so a retake can never quietly lower a grade.

Yes. Students do it on their own device before the date you set. It's graded automatically, and the score goes in the same gradebook as every other test.

No parent needs to be there — the words are read aloud. Autocorrect stays off.

Want it supervised? Use Class Test, Self-Paced, or Paper. Want practice that doesn't count? Use Re-practice or the games.

Yes. During a Class Test you can set up one student, or a group, differently:

• At their own speed — they move through the words themselves while the class follows you
• On paper — no device. They write by hand as you read, and you photograph the sheet afterwards

It's still one test and one gradebook. You'll see a marker next to anyone set up differently, so you know why they're not on the same word as everyone else.

Choose it before you start. You can also move someone to paper part-way through, if their device dies.

Yes, class test included. A student at home sick or away takes the same test as the class — same word, same moment — from any browser with the class code.

Distance changes nothing. Autocorrect stays off, you watch their answers appear, tab switches and fullscreen exits flag as it happens, and Secure Mode still means you approve a rejoin.

Out loud: the word, its sentence if you added one, then the word again.

In a Class Test you control playback for the room. In Self-Paced and At-Home Practice, students replay a word as often as they need.

Nothing is lost. Answers save as they're sent, not on the device — so a student who drops out and comes back lands on the same word with everything they'd typed still there.

You see the drop within seconds. You're told the moment someone leaves the test screen, and it's written down — who left, when, how long. In Secure Mode they can't come back until you let them.

The word is spelled right or it isn't. We match it exactly against your list.

• All lowercase is fine
• A capital first letter is fine
• Any other capital is wrong
• Blank answers are flagged

British or American spelling? Whatever you typed in your list is the right answer.

It switches off autocorrect, autocomplete, autocapitalize, and spellcheck on every answer field, in every mode. The browser can't quietly fix a misspelling.

In supervised modes it watches the screen too — leaving fullscreen, switching apps, or shrinking the window is caught the moment it happens, flagged to you, and logged. Blocking autocorrect stops the browser helping. This stops the student looking it up.

Photograph the finished sheets. The handwriting is read for you, and anything clear is graded straight away.

Anything we can't read confidently is set aside for you to check. You'll see a close-up of what the child actually wrote, and you type what it says.

The scores go in the same gradebook as every other test.

It depends how they're taking it.

• With the class, or at their own speed — autocorrect is off and the screen is watched. You're told the moment someone leaves the test, and you decide when they can come back.
• At home — autocorrect is off, but the child can leave the screen and look up how to spell a word.
• On paper — nothing to watch, because you're in the room.

Being honest — no website can see a second phone on the desk. We stop the common ways scores get inflated, and show you the rest.

We're working through ESA, homeschool charter, and educational-vendor approvals. Each has its own list and paperwork, so they open one at a time.

You don't have to wait — many programs let you pay yourself and claim it back. Check your program's guidelines. Email support@ezergrade.com and we'll tell you the moment yours opens.

We want Ezergrade to cost you little or nothing out of pocket. Each program approves separately, so they open one at a time.

ESA — first in line:

• Arkansas, Arizona, West Virginia
• Texas, Alabama, New Hampshire, Florida

ESA — working toward:

• Georgia, Louisiana
• Mississippi, Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
• Utah and Wyoming, once their rules settle

Outside the US ESAs:

• California homeschool charters, starting in Northern California
• Alberta home education, through participating boards

Tell us which one matters to you at support@ezergrade.com and we'll let you know the day it opens.

ESA and charter funds belong to families, so they're directed by parents rather than spent by educators.

That still leaves room for you. Many programs let a family direct their funds to an approved provider — which can include a school, tutor, or co-op. Rules differ by state, so check your program's provider guidelines.

Buying it yourself instead? Use a Homeschool, Teacher, or Small School / Co-op plan.

Ezergrade is built to fully support schools' FERPA obligations. Students give only a name and a number you assign them — no accounts.

Our printable answer sheet asks only for the student number in the scanned area, so a scanned paper test carries no names at all. See our Privacy Policy and Student Privacy page.

Three plans:

• Homeschool — 1 parent login, up to 10 students
• Teacher — 1 teacher login, up to 150 students
• Small School / Co-op — up to 30 teacher logins, unlimited students

Homeschool and Teacher bill monthly or annually — annual works out to two months free. Small School / Co-op is annual. Current prices are on the pricing page.

Credits only cover the optional extras:

• Making a word list with AI — 0.5 per 30 words
• Turning an uploaded list into a test — 0.25 per page
• Grading paper tests — 1 per page

Asking Ezer is always free.

Every paid plan comes with a starter batch. Top-up packs are there if you run out, and credits don't expire while your account is active.

Yes — 14 days on every new account: word lists, tests in any mode, grading, records, and CSV export. Sign up and go.

After that the account pauses until you pick a plan. Your classes, students, and records stay exactly where they are. Credit-powered extras — AI generator, student feedback, paper scanning — need a plan's credits or a top-up pack.

You get 14 days free to try everything before you pay, so subscriptions aren't usually refundable. Credits aren't refundable once used.

Duplicate charges and billing mistakes are always put right, and you can cancel renewal any time.

Full details are in our Terms.

Go to Settings → My Subscription → Change Plan.

• Upgrades start today. You only pay the difference for the time you have left.
• Downgrades and cancellations wait until you've used up what you've already paid for. Nothing is charged today.

Changed your mind? Keep current plan cancels anything you've scheduled.

Your students, records, and credits stay either way.

Upgrades start today. Downgrades wait until your current period runs out.

An upgrade means more students, not a bigger bill — so Homeschool yearly to Teacher monthly starts today, even though the payment is smaller.

Yes. Share your referral link, and every teacher you refer who subscribes earns you a free month — up to three.

Still on your trial? It extends the trial. Already subscribed? It comes off your next bill. One reward per person you refer.