Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Manuals and Training Sessions

Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Trainings

• Administrator's Overview of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt
  • Administrator's Overview of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Transcript
• Introduction to Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt: Core Concepts Part A
  • Introduction to Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt: Core Concepts Part A Transcript
• Introduction to Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt: Core Concepts Part B
  • Introduction to Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt: Core Concepts Part B Transcript
• Civics for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Training — Grade 8 Only
  • Civics for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Training Transcript
• Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Science and Technology/Engineering STE Training — Grades 5, 8, and High School
  • Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Science and Technology/Engineering STE Training Transcript
• Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt English Language Arts ELA Writing Training
  • Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt English Language Arts ELA Writing Training Transcript
• Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Update 2027 Training
  • Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Update 2027 Training Transcript

Alternate Academic Achievement Standards for the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks (Resource Guide)

The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt will be based on the following versions of the Resource Guide.

• English Language Arts and Literacy (PreK–Grade 12)
  (incorporating the 2017 English Language Arts ELA and Literacy Standards)

• Mathematics (PreK–Grade 12)
  (incorporating the 2017 Mathematics Standards)

• Science and Technology/Engineering (STE)
  (preK–Grade 8; and High School Biology and Introductory Physics only)
  (incorporating the 2016 Science and Technology/Engineering STE Standards)

• Civics
  (Grade 8 only)
  (incorporating the 2018 History and Social Science Standards)

Manuals

• 2027 Principal's Manual for Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt

• 2027 Educator's Manual for Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt

• Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Skills Surveys for English Language Arts ELA and Mathematics

• Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Skills Surveys for Science and Technology/Engineering STE and Civics

• Policy on Storage and Destruction of Returned Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Portfolios

Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Forms and Graphs

• Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Alternate Assessment MCAS-Alt Forms and Graphs Web Based-Version

State Training

Last Updated: October 15, 2026