Application Changes

Due to changes in budget for the 2024-25 school year, the following applications will no longer be paid for by the District:

• Nearpod
• Learning A-Z/Raz+
  
• Edulastic/Pear Assessment
• Newsela
• Scholastic (print and digital)
• Avanza Level Learning (Spanish ONLY)

For alternatives to some of these applications, please check out the resources below.

You will still have access to the free version of Nearpod by logging in with your PUSD account. Differences in the two plans include:

• limit of 40 students per lesson
• 100 mb storage
• no integration with Canvas
• no access to premium content, such as SEL, ELD, and Digital Citizenship lessons

Free alternatives to Nearpod:

• Pear Deck
• Curipod

Free alternatives to Learning A-Z/Raz+:

• Epic!
• Sora
• Teaching Books

Science Benchmarks, which were previously in Edulastic, are now in STEMscopes.

Many of the options in Edulastic (now Pear Assessment) are also available in other applications, such as:

• Canvas' New Quizzes
• Magic School
• Quizizz
• Blooket
• Formative

For options that include articles and comprehension questions, a couple free resources include:

• ReadTheory
• ReadWorks
• CommonLit