Students learn from critical assessment of other students’ work. 60% of PeerPal users reported that peer reviews helped them learn course material. 55% reported that peer reviews helped them better prepare for homework.

Peer grading reduces the grading load on teaching staff, enabling them to focus on other tasks. Teachers who used PeerPal only had to grade 20% of assignments.

Reduced teacher grading enables prompt assessment feedback to students. Students using PeerPal received peer review feedback within three days and final feedback on both submissions and peer reviews within five.

PeerPal collects large amounts of data on student submissions and perforamce, which can be mined and analyzed to identify underperforming students.