Released Item Documents

The links below provide access to released test questions from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS paper-based tests and released item information from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS retests. Released item documents from the most recent year are shown. To view released test questions from a previous testing year, select the year, and then select the document for the specific administration you are interested in. Note that the released item documents are best viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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2026 Released Items

Note about the high school tests:
The Department does not release questions from the November high school English Language Arts and Mathematics retests or the February high school Biology and Introductory Physics tests. For information on questions from these tests, please refer to the "Release of Retest/Test Information" PDFs, which contain item descriptions, reporting categories, standards assessed, and item types. All questions from the spring high school tests continue to be released.

• Release of February 2026 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS Biology and Introductory Physics Tests Information

Last Updated: April 10, 2026