Formative Plans

Reach every student, every time.

Free Teacher

Connect classroom instruction and assessment
Real-time student responses and bi-directional feedback
Unlimited activity creation and all assign modes across any subject area
Student accommodations
Basic auto-grading
Classroom management tools
Basic integrations and content embedding
Released state test items
Free
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Paid Teacher

Streamline classroom instruction and assessment
Everything included in Bronze, plus:
Advanced question types
Advanced feedback tools
Advanced auto-grading and customizable rubrics
Anti-cheating features

School & District

Team up on classroom instruction and assessment
Are you a school or district looking to connect your instruction and assessment strategy district-wide?
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Are you a school or district looking to connect your instruction and assessment strategy district-wide?
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Free Teacher

Connect classroom instruction and assessment
Real-time student responses and bi-directional feedback
Unlimited activity creation and all assign modes across any subject area
Student accommodations
Basic auto-grading
Classroom management tools
Basic integrations and content embedding
Released state test items
Free
No credit card required. Ever. As former teachers, we know how much this matters.
Sign Up Now

Paid Teacher

Streamline classroom instruction and assessment
Everything included in Free Teacher, plus:
Advanced question types
Advanced feedback tools
Advanced auto-grading and customizable rubrics
Anti-cheating features

School & District

Team up on classroom instruction and assessment
Are you a school or district looking to connect your instruction and assessment strategy district-wide?
Learn more at newsela.com
Are you a school or district looking to connect your instruction and assessment strategy district-wide?
Contact us
Activity Types
Lessons
Assessments
Practice sets
Common assessments
Pre-made content
Starter lessons
Released state test items
Question Types
Multiple Choice
Multiple Selection
Short Answer
Free Response
True or False
Drawing
Show Your Work
Audio Response
Categorize
Drag and Drop
File Response
Fill in the Blank
Graphing
Hot Spot
Hot Text
Numeric
Graphing
Resequence
Video Response
Standards-Aligned Item Bank
Content Types
Audio
Embed
Image
Image
Paired passages
Slide
Text
Video
Content Functionality
Add timestamps to videos
Google Slide imports
Google Forms imports
Document uploads
Assigning and scoring
Set answer key for auto-grading
Teacher paced mode (Present)
Student paced mode (Assign)
Sort responses
Points vs percentages
Auto-grading partial credit
Auto-grading partial match
Auto-grading case sensitivity
Enable calculator access
Automatically add answers to key
Batch scoring and feedback
Default assign settings
Default point value
Color threshold scoring
Print activities with or without responses and feedback
Feedback tools
Return scores immediately
View and project student responses
Real-time feedback
Send students feedback on responses
2-way feedback (Teacher/student)
Add content items to student feedback
Provide visual feedback
Batch scoring and feedback
Draw feedback
Rubrics
Test security and integrity
Assign to individual students or student groups
Customize assign settings
Lock classes
Schedule open/close times
Set a time limit
Randomize answer choices
Randomize question order
Entry password
Respondus LockDown Browser
Data tracking and export
Responses page view and export
Response frequency chart
Student progress tracking
Tag standards to questions
14 days look back on teacher tracker page (view and export)
2 years look back on teacher tracker page (view and export)
Standards tracker for students
Demographic data in results**
Custom standards
Standards progress report over time
Integrations
Google/Clever/Microsoft SSO
Google Classroom/Clever/MS Teams Roster Sync
Formative add-on for Google Classroom
Grade transferrer to Google Classroom
Grade transferrer to Schoology/Canvas/Blackbaud
LTI Integrations
District provisioning through an API/SFTP connection with a SIS
District provisioning with ClassLink
District Provisioning with Clever
Canvas
Blackbaud
Wonde
Infinite Campus
Aeries
Schoology
itslearning
Skyward
Rediker
Synergy SIS
Collaboration
Send a copy of an activity
Co-teach classes
Common assessments
Share activities with colleagues and collaborate
Publish activities to a private library
Live edit activities together
Manage associated classes
Manage student cohorts
Share student data
Student accommodations
Time-limit extension
Text-to-speech
Answer-choice reductions
Admin controls
Admin team-tracker
Teacher reports
Usage reports
Team management dashboard
Common assessment report
Dedicated implementation and client success manager
Live (virtual or on-site) professional learning
Free Teacher
Paid Teacher
School & District
Optional add-on purchase
Limited: 20 pages/month
Limited: 20 forms/month
Limited: 20 pages/month
Optional add-on purchase
Optional add-on purchase