Today's question, answerable in one sentence.

Midterm stacks are in. A few of those essays will not sound like the student who has been sitting in row two since August, and a detector score will not settle it. A score is a likelihood about text, not a finding about a person.

What holds up is evidence from the student's own words, held against your own rubric. Four lines: the rubric line, the quote, the gap between them, and the next step for the student.

One answer to start the thread: reread the rubric line for that criterion before you reread the paper, so you test the work against what you actually asked for.

So, one line is plenty: when a paper worries you, what is the first thing you do before you say a word to the student?