Skills

Gap Analysis From Student Work

Analyse student work against criteria to identify specific gaps between current...

Install

npx skills add GarethManning/education-agent-skills --skill gap-analysis-from-student-work -g -a claude-code -y
Category
Engineering
Updated
13d ago
License
See repository
Context cost
Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Analyse student work against criteria to identify specific gaps between current performance and learning objectives. Use when reviewing submissions, planning feedback, or diagnosing learning needs.

Gap Analysis from Student Work

What This Skill Does

Analyses a student work sample against assessment criteria, identifies specific gaps (not just "needs improvement" but exactly WHAT is missing and WHY), classifies each gap by type (conceptual misunderstanding, procedural error, or communication/presentation issue), and generates targeted next teaching steps, specific actions the teacher can take to close each gap, rather than generic advice like "practise more." The output also includes a feedback script showing how to communicate the analysis to the student in a way that promotes improvement. AI is specifically valuable here because effective gap analysis requires simultaneously comparing the work to the criteria, diagnosing the type of gap (which determines the remedy), identifying strengths (which maintain motivation), and designing a targeted next step (which requires pedagogical knowledge), a multi-layered analysis that takes significant time and expertise to do well.

Evidence Foundation

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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