At IXL, we never stop adding new features and skills to our award-winning teaching and learning platform, so you can always trust we’re on pace with students’ evolving needs. That’s why we compile a list of our top new features to help you—as a learner, educator, or parent—get the most out of IXL.
Keep reading below for a roundup of releases from January, including IXL LitRange, Spanish language arts games, multiple groupings for LevelUp™ Diagnostic results data, and more! To stay current with our latest updates, follow IXL on Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn.
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Major releases
IXL LitRange
The LevelUp™ Diagnostic for ELA is a powerful assessment that turns test scores into standards-aligned reports and just-in-time next steps. Now, we’ve added a new metric to make LevelUp ELA Diagnostic results even more immediately useful: IXL LitRange scores!
Designed to be compatible with Lexile® levels, IXL LitRange scores help users find appropriate reading material for each student based on their IXL LevelUp Diagnostic results.
IXL LitRange scores are available for both teachers and administrators through IXL Analytics. Teachers can find the new LitRange score on the Diagnostic Overview report when looking at student levels under the “Individual student levels & recommendations” section. Administrators can see student LitRange scores via the LevelUp Diagnostic Results report when selecting “View by student” in the data table.
Both teachers and administrators will be able to export LitRange scores via the data exports of both of these reports.
Spanish language arts games
IXL now has games for Spanish language arts in grades 3-5! These games serve as engaging, grade-appropriate tools to help Spanish-speaking students strengthen their language skills and build fluency.
Find the new games on the Spanish language arts grade level pages in the Learning tab. IXL Spanish Language Arts is included with IXL English Language Arts licenses for classes, schools, and districts in the U.S. and Latin American countries.
Feature updates
Data grouping by multiple categories for LevelUp™ Diagnostic results
School and district administrators can now view student LevelUp Diagnostic results by up to three categories at once through the LevelUp Diagnostic Results report. Administrators can view results grouped by any combination of (up to three of) the following categories: grade, school, teacher, and any rostered demographic field.
LevelUp ELA Diagnostic standards reports for Rhode Island and Utah
We’ve released standards reports for the LevelUp ELA Diagnostic for Rhode Island and Utah. Teachers in these states will now be able to track their students’ knowledge of state standards after completing an ELA assessment.
LevelUp Math Diagnostic standards reports for Indiana and Alaska high school standards
We’ve added LevelUp Math Diagnostic standards reports for Indiana’s and Alaska’s high school math standards. For Indiana, the new courses included are Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II. For Alaska, they are Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Integrated Math 1, 2, and 3.
Teachers in these states will now be able to track their students’ knowledge of high school state standards after completing a LevelUp Math assessment. We will continue to release additional states’ high school standards reports in the coming months.
Skill plan updates and new skills
New NWEA MAP StudyWise plans for Texas
IXL’s StudyWise tool turns students’ previous test scores into their own personalized study plans. We’ve expanded our skill plans and personalized study plans for Texas NWEA MAP to include high school math (Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2) and science (2-5, 6-8). IXL also offers Texas NWEA MAP study plans for math, reading, and language arts.
Teachers and students can now input scores into StudyWise to generate personalized plans that align with these Texas MAP tests. As usual, admins can still request bulk uploading scores for their school.
New math skill
We’ve released several new math skills, all directed towards the Texas financial literacy standards for 3rd grade students.
- Factors that affect income
- Saving plans
- Classify financial decisions
- Scarcity and cost
- Planned and unplanned spending decisions
New English language arts skills
We’ve released six new ELA skills across K-5 reading foundations, reading strategies, and vocabulary.
Highlights include a new kindergarten reading foundation skill, Change one letter to make a new word, designed to strengthen letter-sound relationships and early spelling of short-vowel words. We’ve also added new grade 4-5 reading strategy skills—Draw inferences and identify supporting details and Determine the themes of short stories—to help students use text evidence to understand and make inferences.
New Spanish language arts skills
We’ve released two new SLA skills for students in grades 4 and 5! These skills require students to read informational passages while focusing on identifying key ideas and concepts in order to improve reading comprehension.
- Leer sobre ciencias y naturaleza [Read about science and nature]
- Leer sobre deportes y pasatiempos [Read about sports and hobbies]
New science skills
We’ve released three new science skills!
- Describe and classify galaxies (Grade 8): Students learn about the characteristics of spiral, elliptical, and irregular galaxies. Then, they use what they have learned to classify real galaxies in space.
- Determine the equilibrium-constant expression for a reaction (Chemistry): Students practice writing equilibrium-constant expressions for chemical reactions involving homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria.
- Double replacement reactions (Chemistry): Students use solubility guidelines to determine if a given double replacement reaction will take place. Then, given two aqueous ionic compounds, students identify the chemical equation that represents a double replacement reaction.
New social studies skill
We’ve released a new high school U.S. History skill.
In The Gulf War, students investigate the reasons for Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and the response of the United States and international community to the crisis. Then, students analyze the development of an international military coalition, Operation Desert Storm, and the short-term and long-term significance of the conflict.
New textbook skill plans
English language arts:
- Great Minds Arts & Letters (Grades K-6)
Science:
- OpenSciEd (Grades K-8)
New standards skill plans
Math:
- Minnesota Academic Standards (adopted in 2022) (Grades K-8, Alg 1, Geo, Alg 2, and Integrated Math 1-3)
- Maryland College and Career Ready Standards (adopted in 2025) (Grades PK-Int Alg 2)
Additional releases
New math, ELA, and SLA video tutorials
Math:
We’ve released 12 new math videos to expand our library, covering topics such as interpreting stem and leaf plots and time words.
Language arts:
In addition, this release includes 3 new ELA videos covering skills in grades PK-5. These videos cover topics such as identifying story elements and reading animal fantasy.
New Takeoff independent practice units in Spanish
We’ve added Spanish translation support for units 9-11 of independent practice for Grade 2 Takeoff. With these units, we now offer Spanish-translated independent practice for all Grade 2 Takeoff units! We’re excited to extend our translation support to these resources, further supporting teachers and helping Spanish-speaking English language learners succeed in math.
New Takeoff slide decks
We recently added a new resource for Takeoff, Takeoff instructional slides! Teachers can use these instructional slide decks to teach Takeoff lessons alongside provided student materials. We’ve added new instructional slides to both the national and California editions of Takeoff, meaning our slide decks now cover the following units:
- Grade 1 Unit 11
- Grade 2 Unit 11
- Grade 3 Unit 12
- Grade 4 Unit 13
- Grade 5 Unit 12
With this release, we now have full coverage of instructional slides for Grade 2! Additionally, the following slides are now available in Spanish:
- Kindergarten Unit 7
- Grade 1 Units 9-10
- Grade 2 Unit 8
- Grade 3 Units 8-9
- Grade 4 Unit 9
- Grade 5 Units 9-10
These slides are available as downloadable PowerPoint files in the Materials section of each lesson. We’ll continue releasing slide decks throughout the year.
Takeoff alignments and tips for South Dakota
In Takeoff, we’ve added alignments to the Standards for Mathematical Practice to South Dakota! These standards highlight the thinking, reasoning, and communication skills that make for successful math students, and the alignments help teachers identify the most important practices to call out in each Takeoff unit, lesson, mid-unit check-in, and end-of-unit test.
In addition to the alignments, tips on how teachers can support the practices across the unit are found in the “Math practices” tab on the unit outline pages.
New math skills and curriculum alignment for Australia and New Zealand
We’ve updated IXL’s curriculum alignments for the Australian and New Zealand editions. For the Australian edition, we’ve updated IXL’s alignments to the Australian Curriculum, added over 100 new skills, revised many existing skills, and reorganized the year level landing pages from Foundation through Year 5.
For New Zealand, we’ve released updated skill plans for the following grade levels to align to the revised New Zealand standards taking effect in the 2026 school year:
- New Zealand English curriculum (updated for 2026) (Years 7-10)
- New Zealand maths curriculum (updated for 2026) (Years 9 and 10)
In addition, for Years 9 and 10 we’ve added over 150 new skills, revised many existing skills, and reorganized the grade level landing pages.