January 2026 Product Updates

Standards Icon and Modal

When a teacher's state (under Account Settings) matches tagged state standards in a publication, teachers will see a new Standards button. Standards are assigned by week in a publication, not all weeks will have standards. 

The Standards button opens a modal containing the tagged standard(s) and the description(s).

  • The Standards button appears on all tabs (Student View, Teacher Resources, Grade, Highlights, Statistics) for the teacher if standards have been tagged for the week. The button will be accessible when viewing Articles, Activities, Lesson Walkthroughs, Crosswords, Misspilled, and Rubrics.  
    ★ Week and Unit Assessments will display the Standards button if the questions within the Assessment have tagged standards in Studies Weekly Online.
  • The Standards Modal includes 2 columns showing the standard and description.
Training and Resources Tab Updates

Check out the new look and additional resources that were added to the Training & Resources Landing Page.

Labeling Question Update

The labeling question type was updated to support multiple answers per label. If a question uses the same answer (identical spelling and capitalization) with multiple labels, the answer will only be listed once for students but that answer can be selected many times.

Drag and drop functionality was changed to click and click. Visit the Labeling Question article to learn more. 

Teacher View:

Student View:

Customized Content Answer Key

An Answer Key was added for teachers in Edit View (Step 2) of Customized Content. It will open a modal with the questions and answers.