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Educator Effectiveness

Program Year 2018-2019 Test Results by Category

| Description of Report | By Gender | By Ethnicity | By Primary Language |

Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL)
Annual Summary of Test Taker Counts by Ethnicity
Program Year: September 2018 – August 2019

TestTotalEthnicity
Native American/
Alaskan Native		BlackAsian/ Pacific
Islander		HispanicWhiteOtherNo Response
N% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% Pass
01 Communication & Literacy Skills9,09479.7%2070.0%51358.5%36775.7%68667.1%7,08183.2%29071.0%13775.9%
Comm & Lit: Reading8,70784.4%1978.9%48069.8%35581.1%66174.1%6,81386.8%26578.1%11490.4%
Comm & Lit: Writing8,61185.7%1973.7%48266.6%35380.7%64473.1%6,71688.9%26779.8%13078.5%
02 Early Childhood1,23759.3%1- -4334.9%3063.3%6061.7%1,04960.5%3540.0%1968.4%
03 General Curriculum*2,97763.1%728.6%10438.5%6675.8%13053.8%2,54665.0%8046.3%4452.3%
03 General Curriculum — Multi-Subject2,68877.3%757.1%8755.2%6880.9%13068.5%2,28378.8%7671.1%3778.4%
03 General Curriculum — Mathematics**2,87362.7%633.3%11439.5%6081.7%12454.0%2,45764.5%7346.6%3948.7%
06 History72275.3%2- -3638.9%1989.5%3560.0%59577.6%2277.3%1392.3%
07 English82981.2%2- -5560.0%2195.2%5474.1%65982.9%2588.0%1384.6%
08 Reading Specialist40070.0%- -- -4- -666.7%1258.3%36571.2%683.3%757.1%
09 Mathematics48575.5%1- -2540.0%3680.6%3360.6%36179.8%2060.0%977.8%
10 General Science25782.9%- -- -1353.8%5- -1580.0%21685.2%666.7%2- -
11 Physics11067.3%- -- -2- -1258.3%4- -8569.4%4- -3- -
12 Chemistry13960.4%- -- -616.7%1376.9%944.4%10162.4%757.1%3- -
13 Biology29576.3%1- -1346.2%2085.0%1861.1%22479.5%1163.6%862.5%
14 Earth Science4847.9%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -4346.5%1- -4- -
15 Latin and Classical Humanities2885.7%- -- -1- -2- -1- -2382.6%1- -- -- -
16 Music24076.3%- -- -2147.6%1478.6%1369.2%18280.2%666.7%4- -
17 Visual Art25290.1%- -- -8100.0%1258.3%1978.9%19792.4%988.9%7100.0%
19 Business6575.4%- -- -1- -- -- -2- -5874.1%3- -1- -
21 Health/Family and Consumer Sciences24674.0%- -- -633.3%2- -5- -22275.7%5- -683.3%
22 Physical Education46654.9%- -- -2725.9%933.3%1827.8%39360.6%1315.4%616.7%
26 French6779.1%- -- -977.8%3- -2- -4877.1%2- -3- -
27 German8100.0%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -8100.0%- -- -- -- -
28 Spanish20083.5%- -- -1- -1- -10486.5%7880.8%1478.6%2- -
29 Chinese (Mandarin)4897.9%- -- -- -- -45100.0%- -- -3- -- -- -- -- -
30 Italian1266.7%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -1163.6%- -- -- -- -
31 Russian1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -
32 Portuguese2157.1%- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -1060.0%944.4%- -- -
33 Technology/Engineering6261.3%- -- -2- -- -- -2- -4959.2%4- -5- -
44 Speech1- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
45 Theater7284.7%- -- -650.0%- -- -6100.0%5689.3%4- -- -- -
46 Dance1931.6%- -- -3- -- -- -1- -1338.5%1- -1- -
47 Middle School Mathematics43563.4%3- -3633.3%2277.3%2536.0%31970.2%2030.0%1070.0%
48 Political Science/Political Philosophy2360.9%- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -1957.9%1- -2- -
50 Middle School Humanities12843.0%- -- -5- -5- -4- -10746.7%5- -2- -
51 Middle School Mathematics/Science5944.1%- -- -3- -3- -3- -4744.7%2- -1- -
53 Elementary Mathematics44849.1%2- -1533.3%1080.0%1926.3%38650.8%1136.4%5- -
54 English as a Second Language1,01152.6%2- -7034.3%5955.9%12730.7%64859.1%6344.4%4257.1%
55 Adult Basic Education1275.0%- -- -1- -- -- -1- -875.0%2- -- -- -
56 Sheltered English Immersion1,23575.2%- -- -2347.8%2347.8%3565.7%1,09077.5%2661.5%3860.5%
90 Foundations of Reading3,83363.4%5- -16139.1%10169.3%20351.2%3,18865.6%10753.3%6860.3%
91 Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (VTLST)22778.4%1- -4- -2- -1450.0%19278.6%12100.0%2- -
VTLST: Reading20295.0%1- -3- -2- -1283.3%17095.3%12100.0%2- -
VTLST: Writing23680.5%1- -683.3%4- -1457.1%19680.1%13100.0%2- -

Note: Each test field row contains the number of candidates who took the test during the program year.

*The mathematics subtest of the General Curriculum assessment may be satisfied by passing any of the mathematics subtests: General Curriculum—Mathematics, Mathematics (Elementary), Mathematics (Middle School) or Mathematics.

**Results for the General Curriculum — Mathematics subtest do not include those candidates who took Mathematics (Elementary), Mathematics (Middle School) or Mathematics as an alternative to the General Curriculum—Mathematics subtest.

Last Updated: April 13, 2020

 
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