2026 MCAS Sample Student Work and Scoring Guides

Grade 8 Civics

• Question 4: Government Structures

• Question 7: Government Structures

• Question 10: Government Structures

• Question 11: Government Structures

Notes:

1. The sample responses provided here are selections of actual student work from the MCAS tests administered in 2026. In order to protect the privacy of individual students, all names and references of a personal nature have been altered or removed. Aside from these changes, the responses appear as the students wrote them.

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Last Updated: July 27, 2026