MCAS Alternate Assessment (MCAS-Alt) Resources and Training

Newsletters

• September 2023

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.

Fall 2023

• 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 "Next-Generation" Standards)

Manuals

• 2023 Principal's Manual for MCAS-Alt

• 2024 Educator's Manual for MCAS-Alt

  • MCAS-Alt Skills Survey — Updated: September 2020

  • MCAS-Alt "Competency Portfolio" Requirements for Students to Earn a Competency Determination (CD)

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

MCAS-Alt Forms and Graphs

• 2024 MCAS-Alt Forms and Graphs Web Based-Version

Statewide Training

• 2023 Fall MCAS-Alt Training

Last Updated: September 21, 2023