Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS Test Administration Resources for the November 2026 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS ELA and Mathematics Retests

Go to the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS Resource Center for the following:

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

Test Administration Manuals

• Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS Pre-Administration Guide 2026–27

Test Administration Forms

Additional Policies/Resources

• Updates to the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS Student Kiosk and Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS Portal for 2026–27

• Participation Guidelines for the November 2026 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS Retests

• Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS Participation Guidelines for Adams and Koplik Scholarship Award Eligibility

• Complete List of Test Materials (For Use When Inventorying Shipments for Paper-Based TestingPBT)
  • November 2026 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System MCAS ELA and Mathematics Retest Expanded List of Products
  
  

• Slide Template for Training Test Administrators

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

Technology-Related Resources for Computer-Based Testing

• Computer-based Testing Device Planner (available soon)

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
  
  

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

• K12 SIX Essentials Series

• K12 SIX School District Cybersecurity Self-Assessment: 2026

Last Updated: October 21, 2026