MCAS-Alt Manuals and Training Sessions

MCAS-Alt Trainings

Registration for the Fall Training Webinars are now available on the Training Opportunities web page. Fall 2026 MCAS-Alt Training videos will be posted here by the start of October.

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

The MCAS-Alt will be based on the following versions of the Resource Guide.

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

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

Manuals

• 2027 Principal's Manual for MCAS-Alt

• 2027 Educator's Manual for MCAS-Alt

• MCAS-Alt Skills Surveys for ELA and Mathematics

• MCAS-Alt Skills Surveys for STE and Civics

• Policy on Storage and Destruction of Returned MCAS-Alt Portfolios

MCAS-Alt Forms and Graphs

• MCAS-Alt Forms and Graphs Web Based-Version

State Training

Last Updated: September 21, 2026