Google Classroom 2026-2027 New Features

Vocabulary flashcards identifying key concepts and updates introduced in Google Classroom for the 2026-2027 school year.

Class Insights

A Google Classroom homepage section that dynamically updates based on class data to highlight actionable student information, such as unsubmitted assignments or a week of inactivity.

Standards-based grading

A Google Classroom assessment feature that allows teachers to link assignments directly to national standards databases, such as the Next Generation Science Standards.

Gemini Rubric Generator

An integrated AI tool in Google Classroom that automatically builds assignment rubrics based on specified criteria, grade levels, performance tiers, or linked standards.

@classroom command

An extension within the Gemini app that allows teachers to pull live Google Classroom data to summarize student performance, list missing work, or draft announcements.

Learn with Gemini

A student-facing feature in Google Classroom offering interactive study aids such as guided assistance, flashcards, quizzes, and study guides derived from assignment materials.

Google Vids

A video creation tool built directly into Google Drive and Google Classroom that allows students to record and submit short video projects.

Read Along

A reading assistance tool in Google Classroom designed for early elementary grades (K-4) that tracks student pronunciation, reading speed, accuracy, and words per minute.

Haggerty

A reading instruction provider partnered with Google Read Along to supply a library of leveled and decodable texts for early elementary students.