Is Signal for grading or reporting?

Not mainly. Signal is built for formative assessment: low-stakes checks that tell you what to teach next, during the lesson rather than weeks later.

That shapes how it works. Students explain their reasoning, so you see why they chose an answer, not just whether it was right. Signal turns the class’s answers into a next step, move on, recap or reteach, rather than a grade. And you choose what the class sees on the board, with names hidden if you like, so students can answer honestly.

Assessments do give each student a score, and on Premium AI can mark written answers, but the point is still the feedback.

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