Finally! News differentiated by Lexile levels!

My Take

Overall, I love NewsELA. The ease with which articles are found and differentiated by Lexile levels makes differentiation within a large class so much faster. The assessment questions are not always the best, and I have had many reports from teachers that when assigning articles for students to read at home, they are frequently finding that students are simply "Google-ing" the answers instead of actually reading the article and finding the answers themselves. Regardless, NewsELA provides a valuable resource for use within a classroom with multiple levels of readers. Just use it with caution if you assign the article to read at home!