Newsela
Newsela provides rigorous, standards-aligned instructional resources that enhance literacy and social studies instruction, offering premium products with rich data and real-time feedback.
Company Overview
Newsela offers instructional resources that are rigorous, standards-aligned, and connect with students' interests, background knowledge, and lived experiences. Products are purpose-built to unlock student motivation, inspire teachers, and drive long-lasting learning outcomes.
Educational Products
Newsela provides a range of educational products, including Newsela ELA, Newsela Social Studies, Newsela Science, and Formative by Newsela. These products integrate content-rich instruction, relevant materials, and real-time feedback to support student learning and teacher practice. Newsela Lite and Formative Bronze offer preview content and data insights.
Impact on Literacy and Social Studies Growth
Users of Newsela products saw significant gains in literacy and social studies instruction. Specifically, Newsela ELA helps students achieve three additional months of literacy skills growth by the end of the school year. Similarly, students using Newsela Social Studies shown an additional year of instruction in their state social studies exams.
Integration and Effectiveness
Newsela products meet ESSA criteria for Moderate/Tier II efficacy evidence and integrate with top rostering solutions. As a Project Unicorn signatory, Newsela is committed to high standards of data interoperability and effectiveness as evidenced by rigorous studies.
Monthly Content Calendar
Newsela provides a Monthly Content Calendar containing timely resources for each weekday of the month. This tool supports educators in delivering up-to-date and relevant content to engage students consistently throughout the month.