This article is for teachers who use Next Gen Math with Google Classroom and notice that grades are not appearing (or updating) in Classroom after students complete work in Next Gen Math.
First-time setup: For connecting Google Classroom and linking assignments, see Linking Next Gen Math to Google Classroom.
What you might see
- Scores show correctly in Next Gen Math but do not show in Google Classroom (or never update there).
- The assignment looks linked in Next Gen Math, but nothing changes in the Classroom gradebook after you sync or after students submit.
- Grade sync used to work for an assignment and then stopped, without any change to how you use the class.
Often, this is fixed on the teacher side by refreshing the Google connection and creating a fresh Classroom assignment from Next Gen Math (steps below). If those steps do not help, your organization may be blocking part of the integration—your IT team can use the short section at the end of this article.
Fix grade sync
1. Refresh your Google Classroom connection
Your Next Gen Math account needs a current, valid link to Google. If the link is old or missing permissions, grade sync can fail even when everything else looks normal.
- In Next Gen Math, open Settings (or your profile/integrations area.
- Disconnect Google Classroom, then connect again and complete the Google permission prompts.
2. Create a new Google Classroom assignment from Next Gen Math
In some situations, the copy of the assignment that exists inside Google Classroom is no longer the one Next Gen Math is allowed to update. When that happens, you need a new Classroom posting created from Next Gen Math for that same Next Gen Math assignment.
- Open the assignment in Next Gen Math and go to Edit.
- Find the Google Classroom / coursework link control (often a dropdown that lists existing Classroom work or a link option).
- Choose Create new assignment (or the option that creates a new posting in Classroom—not “link to existing” if you are trying to fix a broken sync).
- Click Save. Next Gen Math will create the new Classroom assignment in the background; grade sync usually starts shortly after save.
Important: After you create a new posting, the old Google Classroom assignment (the one that was not receiving grades) will not get updates from Next Gen Math. You should delete or archive that old assignment in Google Classroom so students are not confused. Use the new assignment for class going forward.
3. Push current scores if needed
If grades still do not appear on the new Classroom assignment, open the assignment Results in Next Gen Math and use the Data exports to sync grades to Google Classroom.
4. Quick checks if one or two students never sync
- The student must be on the Classroom class roster with a Google account that matches the email you use for them in Next Gen Math (school Google email vs personal email is a common mismatch).
- For graded items, Classroom sometimes requires student work to be in an appropriate state (for example, turned in, depending on how the assignment is set up). If most students sync but one does not, check that student’s submission status in Classroom.
If you tried everything above and it still fails
Your Google Workspace administrator may need to allow Next Gen Math to use Google Classroom on your domain (third-party app access, Classroom API, or OAuth scope approvals). Share this article with IT and ask them to confirm that teachers can use apps that need to read rosters, read coursework, and update student grades in Classroom.
Teachers can also retry disconnect → reconnect after IT makes a change, then repeat Create new assignment → Save for affected Next Gen Math assignments.
Still stuck?
Contact Next Gen Math support and let us know: (1) the assignment name, (2) whether you already chose Create new assignment and saved, and (3) whether Verify connection succeeds. We can help narrow down next steps.