Edhivo: An AI-Native Platform for Scalable Assessment and Instant Feedback in Higher Education

Abstract

Scaling assessment in higher education faces two intertwined bottlenecks: the cognitive burden of authoring assessments and the inability to semantically evaluate open-ended responses, which together create a persistent feedback gap that hinders student learning outcomes. To address these challenges, we present Edhivo, an AI-native pedagogical platform that addresses both bottlenecks through a vertically integrated system for content delivery, assessment, and reporting. Edhivo employs a Dual-LLM pipeline: one model generates context-aware assessments for both multiple-choice and open-ended questions, from instructor-provided materials, while a second model performs multi-criteria, rubric-based evaluation of student responses, enabling near-instant qualitative feedback at multiple hierarchical levels. All AI interactions are source-grounded to reduce hallucination risk, and a Human-in-the-Loop review process preserves instructor authority. We demonstrate Edhivo's efficacy through a pilot deployment at Stony Brook University in a real classroom environment in 2026 spring, where it supports high-frequency assessment creation and evaluation for a cohort of 36 students throughout a full semester, significantly reducing authoring effort and feedback latency while enabling novel pedagogical designs centered on active learning.