Monitor students’ progress
You can use the dropdown that allows teachers to toggle between workspaces to monitor student work and track progress in the assignment report tab.
From your main assignments page, locate the assignment and click on it to open the teacher's preview window
Then, switch from the "assignment" tab to the "assignment report" tab at the top right of the page
What insights can I gain?
For each student's assignment you can find the following data:
Sentences Checklist Completion
The Rubric Scores
Feedback requests (this is the count of requests that the student has made for feedback from Newsela Writing)
Word count
Time spent
Last revised
Submission Status
Exporting report data from Newsela Writing
You can export data as a .csv file from your Assignment Report view. Click 'Export data' in the upper right-hand corner and a .csv of the data displayed in the Assignment Dashboard will be triggered.
View students' writing
From the students' list click on the redirect icon next to a student's name. The student's writing will open in a new tab. You can proceed to view other students' writings or navigate back to the teacher's preview, by selecting from the "Viewing" dropdown
Export student work as PDF
The PDF Export lets teachers package up a single assignment into clean, beautifully formatted PDFs with just a couple of clicks. Using simple toggles, you can customize your export to include the original writing prompt and a handy scoring summary alongside each student's work. Because we know your time is valuable, the system processes everything in the background and emails you a secure download link so you can keep teaching uninterrupted.
Every student's work is organized onto its own clearly labeled page with zero manual cleanup required, and the secure links automatically expire after 14 days to keep student data completely safe.
Access an assignment
Click on 'Export student work' from the top right corner
Proceed to select the export configurations to your preference
Confirm the assignment selected
Select one or more classes and students
Define whether to include Assignment details & Prompt and/or Scoring Summary in each student's PDF outputOnce
When ready, click 'Generate PDF'
The system will process the export request in the background
Once ready, a download link will be emailed to you at the address used to login to your Newsela account
The PDF will include, by default, a performance summary and Rubric total score, as well as the student's essay. If selected during the PDF generation configuration, the PDF will also include the Assignment Overview, Writing Prompt, and the Scoring Summary along with the student's essay.
View students' version history
You can use the Version History tab to view older versions of your students' writing assignments.
Send feedback to students
You can send feedback to your student via Newsela Writing in real time!
When viewing your students' writing, click on "Add A Comment" located on the right side of the writing. Type your feedback and click "Comment" when done. Your feedback will be sent to your student immediately.
View Rubric details
Locate the Rubric's title at the top right corner of the page and click the re-direct icon next to it. The Rubric will open in a separate tab.
Can I create my own rubric?
If you have a rubric that you are interested in adding to Newsela Writing, please send it to your dedicated Customer Success Manager at Newsela for review and consideration.
Sentence labels application in Newsela Writing
Newsela Writing applies sentence labels such as Thesis, Evidence, Analysis, Summary, and Background to short answer argumentative and literary analysis writing by applying the specific rules-based definitions of these sentence labels to each of the sentences in the student’s writing. When it identifies a sentence that meets the rules for a specific label, it applies the label and highlights the specific sentence in the color associated with that label
District Admin: Access Newsela Writing data
Newsela Writing report is available to download as a .csv file from your Admin Console within your Newsela account:
