FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

Generate tests you approve.

Preview, edit and approve every question, assign with a due date, and see who needs you first.

Every question previewed, edited and approved by you

Test Generation in Carna, set up for a custom test. Carna School London is a sample school; the selections are demo data.

— IN PRACTICE

How it works in your classroom.

Marking by hand consumes evenings, building level-appropriate tests from scratch is slow, and finding out why one student is stuck means guessing without seeing their view.

Know who needs help, and why

The Needs Support card on your home screen lists the students to look at first, each with one reason in plain words. Open a name to go straight to that student's report.

  • Not started, overdue, or averaging under 60%
  • At most 5 students, worst first
  • Move the card, hide it, or reorder the rest
The Needs Support card from a teacher's home screen in Carna, filled with the demo school's 9A English class.
  • Generate a listening test

    One voice per speaker, every turn

    Choose Listening when you generate a test. Carna writes a short talk or dialogue, gives each speaker a voice of their own, and writes the questions to go with it.

  • It remembers what it wrote

    Kept per teacher

    Carna keeps the last 120 questions it wrote for you for 90 days, and turns away new ones that are too close to them. Generate the same topic again and the new test steers clear of the old one.

  • Grammar points you confirm

    Up to 3 points per question, from the catalogue

    Carna tags each generated question with the English Grammar Profile points it tests, and you confirm them.

Also in Carna

  • Edit or swap any question Watch your test write itself, then edit or swap any single question before it reaches a student.
  • Safety-checked first Every question Carna writes — and every listening script and picture behind one — is safety-checked before it reaches your screen. If the check can't run, nothing is generated.
  • Send us your units Send us your units, and our team turns them into interactive, auto-graded lessons. Nothing goes live until your team approves it.
  • Share class materials and see how many students have downloaded each one.
a generated test can mix, at the level you set
9 question types
remembered for 90 days to keep new tests fresh
120 questions
the average below which a course is flagged
60%
the CEFR range every module and test is set to
A1–C2

Feature by feature

Your week, on three screens.

Assign, read the class, open one student — the demo school's data throughout.

Deadlines that hold.

Choose the module, the whole class or named students, the due window and the attempts. One action assigns and publishes it, and late work is refused unless you allow it.

  • Who gets it: a class or named students
  • A due window, or none
  • An attempt cap of one, two or three

Assigning a module in Carna to the 9A English class: who gets it, the due window and the attempt cap. Carna School London is a sample school — the module, the students and the dates are demo data.

The class, at a glance.

One report per class: the average, what has been handed in, every course ranked by its average score, and the spread of scores under it — with any course under 60% or at 80% and above called out.

  • Every course, ranked by its average score
  • Class average and submissions, in one row
  • The score spread, class average marked

Reports in Carna for the 9A English class: every course ranked by its average score, and the spread of scores across the class. Carna School London is a sample school — the names and scores are demo data.

One student, in full.

Open a name: their average against the class, what they handed in, how many tries it took and what came in late — course by course, ready for a parent meeting.

  • Every course, with its latest score
  • Attempts and late work, per course
  • Average against the class

One student's report in Carna, course by course: the latest score, the attempts and what came in late. Carna School London is a sample school — the names and scores are demo data, and nothing here is a final mark.

— FAQ

Questions teachers ask.

Short answers, in the product's own terms. Anything else, ask us on the demo.

Where the data lives and how to ask for a DPA: our Trust page.

How much time will I actually save?

We don't publish a time-saved figure. What Carna takes off your desk: tests written for your review at the level you set, modules scored as students submit, essay grades that arrive as suggestions you confirm or change, and a home screen that lists who needs you first.

How long does it take to learn?

Assigning a module is one dialog: the module, the class or named students, the due date and the attempts. Student view shows you what a student sees without switching accounts, so you can check your own assignment before the class does.

Can I assign from my own textbook?

Yes. Send us your units and our team turns them into interactive, auto-graded lessons; nothing goes live until your team approves it. Test Generation can also start from the coursebook you teach, and the coursebooks your school licenses on Smartboard open on the classroom board in one click.

Who marks the work?

Modules and generated tests are scored when a student submits. An essay arrives with an AI suggestion — a score, a CEFR band and the reasoning — labelled as a suggestion until a teacher confirms or changes it, and the record shows when they did. Your teachers keep the last word.

How is student data handled?

Every account belongs to your school. An admin creates them — in bulk, by invite code or from a pre-approved list — and can take a person off the roster or conclude them at the end of a term. Your school keeps a record of every batch of accounts it issued, with no password in it, and anyone can see their own trusted devices and recent sign-ins. The legal entities that process the data, and how to ask for a DPA, are on our Trust page.

BOOK A DEMO

See a test written for your review.

Tell us about your school and we'll set up a 45-minute walkthrough — assign a module, generate a test and review an AI-suggested grade, live.