Fiscal year 2024 Assessment Policies — Revised April 2023
Assessment Policy Memo, March 24, 2023: Moving Assessments Forward from FY2023 to FY2024
Assessment Policy Memo, March 7 2022: Moving Assessments Forward From FY2022 into FY2023
Assessment Memo, January 5, 2022
Assessment Credentials Available Now in LACES
Assessment Memo, August 10, 2021
Assessment Policy Memo, June 2021
Moving Assessments Forward: Assessment Policy Revision due to COVID-19, May 2021
Assessment Special Mailing, November 2020
NRS Remote and Physically Distant In Person Test Administration: Guidance for MA NRS Test Administrators, July 2020
Moving Assessments Forward: Assessment Policy Change due to COVID-19, May 20, 2020
Assessment Guidance During COVID-19, April 21, 2020
Assessment Guidance During COVID-19 — Correctional Institutions, April 23, 2020
FY2020 BEST Plus 2.0 Recertification Instructions
FY2020 CLAS-E-Writing Instructions
Assessment Memorandum, July 11, 2019
FY2019 BEST Plus 2.0 Recertification Letter
FY2019 CLAS E Writing Scoring Recertification Letter
Assessment Memorandum, January 2019
Assessment Memorandum, November 2018
Assessment Memorandum, June 21, 2018
Assessment Policy Webinar — 4/13 and 4/26/2018
FY2018 Assessment Policy Memorandum
MAPT-CCR Login Page (for MAPT tests, Practice Tests, and Sample Questions)
MAPT-CCR Computer Basics
MAPT-CCR Administrator Online Training
MAPT-CCR Test Administrator Manual — updated October 2019
MAPT-CCR for Math Test Specifications
MAPT-CCR for Reading Test Specifications
MAPT-CCR for Reading Score Report-Quick Guide — updated July 2019
MAPT-CCR for Reading Score Report-Interpretive Guide — updated July 2019
MAPT-CCR for Math Score Report-Quick Guide — updated July 2019
MAPT-CCR for Math Score Report-Interpretive Guide — updated July 2019
In March 2019, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education adopted the 2019 Common Assessment Policy for institutions of public higher education. The policy outlines the standards these institutions should use to place students into college-level, credit-bearing English and mathematics courses. For students with a GPA below 2.7 in Math or English Language Arts, ACCUPLACER® placement tests are among the assessments used to determine readiness for credit bearing courses. Students without a GPA need to take the ACCUPLACER or earn a HSE College Ready score in order to qualify for credit bearing courses.
Massachusetts community colleges have adopted HSE College Ready. Students scoring at HSE College Ready levels have demonstrated readiness to enter college credit-bearing classes. For more information and to see the list of Massachusetts community colleges that have adopted HSE College Ready, please visit ACLS's HSE College Ready webpage.
Adult and Community Learning Services (ACLS) has an ACCUPLACER® account with the College Board. ACLS Community Adult Learning Centers (CALCs) and Correctional Institutions may request user credentials for their programs and administer ACCUPLACER® tests to students. Contact Derek Kalchbrenner for more information.
Visit CEA-UMass Amherst Test Help Blog for all materials related to the NRS assessment synchronous and asynchronous trainings prepared and managed by UMass Center for Educational Assessment. You can also find additional resources related to administering NRS Assessments, such as an FAQ page and remote test administration guidance.
ABE Good to Know Assessment Guide — Student Edition
ABE Good to Know Assessment Guide — Teacher Edition
ESOL Good to Know Assessment Guide — Student Edition
ESOL Good to Know Assessment Guide — Teacher Edition
July 9, 2020 Assessment Webinar Q&A
State as a Partner Assessment Webinar Slides — January 24, 2020
State as a Partner Assessment Webinar Q&A
Face-to-face and Online Assessment Trainings
CLAS E Writing Rubrics with notes to Scorer
Assessment Literacy Continuum
Educational Functioning Level Completion Webinar Recording
Analyzing and Interpreting Test Results: What's Appropriate, and What's Not Appropriate
Suggestions for Talking with Students about Assessment Results
Last Updated: May 1, 2023
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