Spring 2026 MCAS Test Administration Resources for Grades 3–8 and High School

This page will continue to be updated with materials for 2026. Where 2025 materials are posted, they are meant to serve as a resource for planning purposes until 2026 materials are available.

Go to the MCAS Resource Center for the following:

• resources to prepare students, including a student tutorial, practice tests, and equation editor guides and reference sheets for Mathematics and STE
• training modules for staff and recordings of previously offered training sessions
• CBT technology guides and user guides

Test Administration Manuals

• MCAS Pre-Administration Guide 2025-26

Test Administration Sample Forms and Materials

Additional Policies/Resources

• Updates to the MCAS Student Kiosk and MCAS Portal for 2025-26

• Crosswalk of Terminology for MCAS Tests Beginning in 2025

• Spring 2025 MCAS Test Administration FAQs — February 18, 2025

• Schools' Sample Materials for Coordinating MCAS Test Administration

• Complete List of Test Materials (For Use When Inventorying Shipments for PBT)
  • Grades 3–8
  • Grade 10
  • High School Science
  
  

• Slide Template for Training Test Administrators

• Spring 2025 MCAS Protocols Quiz for Test Administrators

• MCAS Student Questionnaire (Views of Climate and Learning [VOCAL] Student Survey Project)

• Accessibility and Accommodations Manual, Related Forms, and Other Resources

• Procedures for Students Who Use a Cell Phone or Smartwatch to Monitor Medical Information

Technology-Related Resources for Computer-Based Testing (CBT)

CBT Resources

• Computer-based Testing Device Planner

Cybersecurity Resources

• Protecting Our Future: Partnering to Safeguard K-12 Organizations from Cybersecurity Threats, from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, part of the federal Department of Homeland Security

• MA Office of Municipal and School Technology
  • Cybersecurity Roadmap
  • Cybersecurity Best Practices
  
  

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework

Grade 8 Civics Test

• State-level Performance Task Topic for Spring 2026: Topic 3: The institutions of United States government

• Grade 8 Civics Topic Assignment and Resources for Schools (November 13 Student Assessment Update)

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Grade 8 Civics MCAS Assessment

High School Participation Guidelines

• Participation Guidelines for the Spring 2026 MCAS Grade 10 ELA and Math Tests

• Participation Guidelines for the 2026 High School Science Tests

• MCAS Participation Guidelines for Adams and Koplik Scholarship Award Eligibility

Last Updated: November 20, 2025