How Powskill marks your answers against the real mark scheme
When you ask Powskill to grade an answer, it does not guess a score. It marks against the actual mark scheme for that question, one point at a time.
Evidence or zero
For a points-based question, each mark point is checked on its own. If the point is evidenced in your answer, you get the mark; if it is not, you do not. A correct final number with no working still loses the working mark, exactly as in the real exam.
Bands and the top-band cap
For extended-response questions, your answer is judged against the markband, and the top-band cap applies: a one-sided answer, or one with no substantiated judgement, cannot reach the top band even if it is long.
Pro feedback
On the Pro plan the marker goes further. It highlights specific phrases in your own answer, tells you what each one did well or missed, and gives a short, color-coded list of what to do next time.