Educator Effectiveness

Program Year 2020-2021 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 Gender
Program Year: September 2020 – August 2021

TestTotalGender
MaleFemaleNon-BinaryNo response
N Took% PassN Took% PassN Took% PassN Took% PassN Took% Pass
01 Communication & Literacy Skills830677.70%174481.90%632976.00%1- -23292.20%
Comm & Lit: Reading803983.40%164689.70%615481.40%1- -23893.30%
Comm & Lit: Writing792683.40%171183.90%598282.80%1- -23294.80%
002 Early Childhood98557.20%2373.90%95156.60%- -- -1172.70%
003 General Curriculum*251955.60%23662.70%225354.80%- -- -3060.00%
03 General Curriculum — Multi-Subject236772.40%23282.30%211071.00%- -- -2596.00%
003 General Curriculum — Mathematics**232855.90%22962.00%206955.20%- -- -3053.30%
006 History71976.20%36981.30%32269.60%- -- -2885.70%
007 English61178.70%15487.00%43174.90%- -- -2692.30%
008 Reading Specialist34976.20%1070.00%33077.00%- -- -955.60%
009 Mathematics25481.10%10974.30%14085.70%- -- -5- -
010 General Science26385.20%7391.80%18482.60%- -- -683.30%
011 Physics7364.40%4872.90%2138.10%- -- -4- -
012 Chemistry9869.40%4374.40%5265.40%- -- -3- -
013 Biology20672.80%6070.00%13972.70%- -- -7100.00%
014 Earth Science2857.10%771.40%2050.00%- -- -1- -
015 Latin and Classical Humanities2290.90%988.90%1190.90%- -- -2- -
016 Music25772.00%10871.30%14272.50%- -- -771.40%
017 Visual Art23691.90%4195.10%18091.70%- -- -1586.70%
019 Business4660.90%2268.20%2454.20%- -- -- -- -
021 Health/Family and Consumer Sciences20272.30%7166.20%13175.60%- -- -- -- -
022 Physical Education37448.70%22345.30%14753.70%- -- -4- -
026 French7171.80%1782.40%5166.70%- -- -3- -
027 German5- -1- -4- -- -- -- -- -
028 Spanish24883.90%5483.30%18883.50%- -- -6100.00%
029 Chinese (Mandarin)2391.30%3- -1994.70%- -- -1- -
030 Italian5- -1- -4- -- -- -- -- -
031 Russian1- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -
032 Portuguese2272.70%3- -1968.40%- -- -- -- -
033 Technology/Engineering4665.20%3073.30%1442.90%- -- -2- -
044 Speech3- -- -- -3- -- -- -- -- -
045 Theater6190.20%1275.00%4493.20%- -- -5- -
046 Dance1915.80%1- -1816.70%- -- -- -- -
047 Middle School Mathematics22465.60%6566.20%15564.50%- -- -4- -
048 Political Science/Political Philosophy2339.10%1338.50%1040.00%- -- -- -- -
050 Middle School Humanities12050.80%3056.70%8348.20%- -- -757.10%
051 Middle School Mathematics/Science7050.00%2462.50%4443.20%- -- -2- -
053 Elementary Mathematics36847.30%3756.80%32446.30%- -- -742.90%
054 English as a Second Language80547.00%12940.30%66347.80%- -- -1369.20%
055 Adult Basic Education875.00%2- -666.70%- -- -- -- -
056 Sheltered English Immersion61467.60%12650.80%47172.00%- -- -1770.60%
061 English21062.40%5269.20%15158.90%- -- -785.70%
063 Mathematics11664.70%5160.80%6467.20%- -- -1- -
065 Middle School Mathematics7844.90%3246.90%4339.50%- -- -3- -
079 Bilingual Education3894.70%7100.00%3093.30%- -- -1- -
090 Foundations of Reading189452.90%20142.80%167653.80%- -- -1788.20%
91 Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (VTLST)21274.50%12267.20%8884.10%- -- -2- -
VTLST: Reading17793.20%9493.60%8192.60%- -- -2- -
VTLST: Writing21574.40%12567.20%8884.10%- -- -2- -
190 Foundations of Reading185271.80%24164.70%158572.80%- -- -2676.90%

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: February 9, 2022