Overview of feature 

The reading skills report empowers administrators to identify and address skill gaps with access to comprehensive data on student progress and performance in ELA skills through associated quizzes and activities.

Who can access it?

The reading skills report is available only to customers with a Newsela ELA subscription. 

Any user with a school or district administrator account.

Where can I access it?

Newsela school or district administrators can access the reading skills report by selecting from the admin drop down menu in the navigation. 

Elements

The reading skills we track are

• What the text says

• Main idea

• Key Details

• Summarization

• Connecting people, events and ideas

• Word meaning and choice

• Text structure

• Point of view and purpose

• Interpret multimedia

• Arguments and claims

• Theme

You can view the following data: 

• Average score for associated school(s) and grade levels for the selected Reading Skill(s). 

• Overall Newsela average that calculates the average performance on ELA quizzes for the particular reading skill across Newsela (as a whole).

• You may use the filters to view reading skills scores by the level at which students took the quiz.

• Also, students may be completing quizzes on texts that are above, at, or below their grade level. Use the filters to view students' quiz performance on specific reading skills across grade levels