Newsela

Newsela is a K-12 content and assessment platform that provides research-backed, engaging, differentiated reading content and AI-powered tools across ELA, social studies, STEM, and writing to support educators and drive student growth in grades 3-12. Newsela publishes no public developer API; it integrates with school systems as a certified 1EdTech (IMS Global) product supporting OneRoster 1.1 rostering, LTI v1.3 launch, and Data Privacy certification, and handles student data under FERPA, COPPA, and state student-privacy laws. Added to the API Evangelist network as a techstars portfolio company.

Newsela is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Education, EdTech, K-12, and Content.

Newsela’s developer surface includes getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, signup flow, and 9 more developer resources.

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18.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyEducationEdTechK-12ContentAssessmentLiteracyReadingOneRosterLTI

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 18.7/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 8.4 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Newsela Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 SignUp
SignUp
 Login
Login

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance
Conformance

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Compliance
Compliance

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 HelpCenter
HelpCenter

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: newsela
name: Newsela
description: Newsela is a K-12 content and assessment platform that provides research-backed, engaging, differentiated reading
  content and AI-powered tools across ELA, social studies, STEM, and writing to support educators and drive student growth
  in grades 3-12. Newsela publishes no public developer API; it integrates with school systems as a certified 1EdTech (IMS
  Global) product supporting OneRoster 1.1 rostering, LTI v1.3 launch, and Data Privacy certification, and handles student
  data under FERPA, COPPA, and state student-privacy laws. Added to the API Evangelist network as a techstars portfolio company.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/newsela/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://newsela.com/favicon.ico
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Education
- EdTech
- K-12
- Content
- Assessment
- Literacy
- Reading
- OneRoster
- LTI
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://newsela.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://newsela.com/getting-started
- type: Support
  url: https://support.newsela.com/
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://support.newsela.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://newsela.com/blog/all
- type: SignUp
  url: https://app.newsela.com/signin/
- type: Login
  url: https://app.newsela.com/signin/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://solutions.newsela.com/legal/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://newsela.com/legal/newsela-privacy-policy
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/newsela-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/newsela-domain-security.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/newsela-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://site.imsglobal.org/certifications/newsela/newsela
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 3
  pass: local-v1