Alternative to Claude for report comments: what teachers usually need
Report comments are repetitive, emotionally tiring, and easy to over-polish into language that no longer sounds like a teacher. Exhausted teachers need help that is fast, but still accurate and grounded.
Claude is a general-purpose AI model. Claude can be a strong general writer, but it is not built around school communication workflows or teacher-specific judgement points. That does not make one approach universally right or wrong. It means the best fit depends on whether you want breadth or a narrower writing specialist.