Accessibility Statement

Our commitment

Gradmin is built so every K-12 student — including those with disabilities or an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or 504 plan — can use the platform to learn. We work to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA and build new features against WCAG 2.2 Level AA.

What works well today

• Keyboard navigation across all student and supervisor surfaces.
• A Skip to Main Content link as the first focusable element on every page.
• Honors the operating-system prefers-reduced-motion setting — animations and smooth-scrolling are suppressed when set.
• Tutor and writing-coach chat surfaces use ARIA live regions so screen readers announce new responses.
• Optional text-to-speech narration on lessons (lazy-generated, with a text transcript).
• In-app text-size control in the student, supervisor, and admin headers — cycle between normal, large, and extra-large UI text without touching browser zoom or operating-system settings. Selection persists per device.
• Paper-based work as a first-class alternative to typing — students can hand-write any lesson, test, or essay and upload photos.
• Supervisor controls per student: paper submissions and audio lessons can be enabled or restricted per learner.

Known limitations

We are honest about gaps so families and schools can make informed decisions. The following are tracked as active work:

• Math screen-reader output. Math equations are rendered with KaTeX. Screen-reader narration of equations is currently inconsistent across browsers and is being improved with explicit equation-level labels and Speech Rule Engine support.
• Color contrast in legacy areas. Most surfaces meet 4.5:1, but a small number of legacy badges and muted helper text are being audited and adjusted.
• Per-student accommodations profile. A consolidated accommodations panel — covering text-to-speech rate, dyslexia-friendly fonts, focus mode, time multipliers, and read-aloud on assessments — is in active development.
• Speech-to-text dictation. Browser-native dictation is supported on the operating-system level today; a built-in dictation affordance for short-answer and essay writing is in development.

Requesting accommodations

Supervisors can adjust assignment cadence, allow paper submissions, and toggle audio lessons from each student’s profile. If a specific accommodation in your IEP or 504 plan is not yet supported, please email us — we will respond within five business days and will work to provide an equivalent path while the feature is built.

Reporting a barrier

If you encounter a part of Gradmin that is not accessible to you or to a student you support, please tell us. Include the page address, the device and assistive technology you are using, and what you were trying to do. We treat accessibility reports as priority issues.

Email: accessibility@gradmin.org

Conformance details

Gradmin is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not yet fully conform to the accessibility standard. A formal Accessibility Conformance Report (VPAT 2.5) is being prepared and will be linked here once available.