# Newsela

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/newsela/  
**Website:** https://newsela.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

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.

## Kin Score — 22.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 22.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 57.4 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 18.2 |
| Contract Governance | 18.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 19.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 42.1 |
| Access Clarity | 42.1 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 44.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Newsela Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Education, EdTech, K-12, Content, Assessment, Literacy, Reading, OneRoster, LTI

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/newsela/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.