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Program Year 2022-2023 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 2022 – August 2023

TestTotalEthnicity
Native American or Alaskan NativeBlack (not of Hispanic origin)Asian or Pacific IslanderHispanicWhite (not of Hispanic origin)OtherNo response
N% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% Pass
01 Communication & Literacy Skills726170.70%1973.70%56243.60%32177.60%72151.00%527776.60%25056.40%11169.40%
Comm & Lit: Reading702578.90%2185.70%56358.40%30982.20%71563.10%505883.60%25368.40%10681.10%
Comm & Lit: Writing683976.20%1776.50%51848.30%30482.20%68556.40%497882.10%23262.50%10574.30%
002 Early Childhood47338.90%2- -1910.50%1844.40%4122.00%36742.50%1735.30%922.20%
003 General Curriculum*258641.80%3- -10723.40%9952.50%12140.50%216042.80%6625.80%3036.70%
103 General Curriculum — Multi-Subject223558.80%1- -9031.10%9763.90%10958.70%186860.40%4940.80%2152.40%
203 General Curriculum — Mathematics**237645.90%3- -10427.90%9071.10%11542.60%197646.50%5728.10%3135.50%
006 History22162.40%- -- -1330.80%875.00%1540.00%17766.70%757.10%1- -
008 Reading Specialist3661.10%- -- -- -- -1- -2- -3063.30%1- -2- -
012 Chemistry1428.60%- -- -- -- -3- -- -- -1136.40%- -- -- -- -
013 Biology2245.50%- -- -1- -2- -3- -1050.00%4- -2- -
014 Earth Science5- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -5- -- -- -- -- -
015 Latin and Classical Humanities1782.40%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1782.40%- -- -- -- -
016 Music22557.30%1- -1338.50%1250.00%1330.80%17261.00%955.60%5- -
017 Visual Art22185.10%1- -5- -1457.10%966.70%17688.10%1090.00%6100.00%
019 Business5060.00%- -- -4- -- -- -4- -4062.50%1- -1- -
021 Health/Family and Consumer Sciences20272.30%- -- -862.50%1- -933.30%18174.60%1- -2- -
022 Physical Education40444.60%2- -355.70%1- -1936.80%32750.80%1216.70%825.00%
026 French4266.70%- -- -944.40%2- -- -- -2272.70%650.00%3- -
027 German2- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -- -- -- -- -
028 Spanish18971.40%- -- -1- -2- -11972.30%5168.60%977.80%771.40%
029 Chinese (Mandarin)1794.10%- -- -- -- -13100.00%- -- -3- -1- -- -- -
030 Italian1172.70%- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -1070.00%- -- -- -- -
031 Russian1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -
032 Portuguese2152.40%- -- -- -- -- -- -757.10%944.40%5- -- -- -
045 Theater5979.70%- -- -3- -- -- -5- -4883.30%1- -2- -
046 Dance1315.40%- -- -2- -- -- -2- -922.20%- -- -- -- -
048 Political Science/Political Philosophy933.30%- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -837.50%- -- -- -- -
050 Middle School Humanities8330.10%- -- -4- -1- -5- -7031.40%2- -1- -
051 Middle School Mathematics/Science633.30%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -633.30%- -- -- -- -
053 Elementary Mathematics2913.80%- -- -2- -2- -- -- -2317.40%2- -- -- -
054 English as a Second Language106341.00%2- -7011.40%7735.10%17025.30%65149.90%7429.70%1952.60%
055 Adult Basic Education785.70%- -- -2- -- -- -1- -4- -- -- -- -- -
056 Sheltered English Immersion48865.00%1- -1520.00%1070.00%2441.70%41369.00%887.50%1729.40%
061 English71564.60%2- -4537.80%2195.20%4650.00%55667.30%2365.20%2254.50%
062 Reading Specialist25589.00%- -- -5- -1- -850.00%23490.60%2- -5- -
063 Mathematics38160.40%1- -3713.50%2885.70%2564.00%26665.80%1225.00%1250.00%
064 General Science19470.10%1- -1258.30%742.90%1643.80%14477.80%933.30%5- -
065 Middle School Mathematics33539.10%2- -368.30%2450.00%3324.20%22646.90%119.10%3- -
066 Biology17686.40%- -- -977.80%11100.00%5- -14285.90%7100.00%2- -
067 Chemistry7376.70%- -- -3- -1090.00%- -- -5875.90%1- -1- -
068 Elementary Mathematics44231.40%- -- -1811.10%1233.30%2114.30%36634.20%1421.40%1118.20%
069 Physics7576.00%- -- -2- -3- -4- -6277.40%1- -3- -
070 Technology/Engineering4564.40%- -- -3- -2- -3- -3470.60%2- -1- -
071 Digital Literacy and Computer Science7968.40%- -- -616.70%4- -1- -6569.20%1- -2- -
072 Early Childhood63885.60%1- -3375.80%1080.00%5182.40%51986.30%1888.90%6100.00%
073 History/Social Science37271.00%1- -2544.00%1275.00%2965.50%28574.40%1050.00%1080.00%
074 Earth and Space Science2281.80%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2181.00%- -- -1- -
077 Middle School Mathematics/Science6666.70%- -- -1- -3- -1- -5470.40%4- -3- -
079 Bilingual Education2882.10%- -- -1- -1- -1586.70%8100.00%3- -- -- -
091 Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (VTLST)23776.40%3- -1172.70%5- -1250.00%19378.20%1181.80%2- -
VTLST: Reading20996.20%3- -1190.90%4- -875.00%17297.10%8100.00%3- -
VTLST: Writing24177.20%3- -1080.00%5- -1346.20%19779.20%1181.80%2- -
190 Foundations of Reading256467.90%4- -15346.40%9977.80%14665.80%205270.20%6647.00%4450.00%
801 CASA: Reading subtest23380.30%- -- -1573.30%13100.00%4560.00%14886.50%757.10%5- -
803 CASA: Writing subtest22568.40%1- -1145.50%1485.70%3652.80%15173.50%757.10%5- -
866 MoGEA: Reading Comprehension and Interpretation subtest8272.00%- -- -757.10%5- -977.80%4975.50%771.40%5- -
867 MoGEA: Writing subtest15951.60%- -- -2924.10%666.70%2832.10%7867.90%955.60%944.40%
895 WEST-B: Reading subtest1492.90%- -- -2- -1- -2- -785.70%1- -1- -
896 WEST-B: Writing subtest1154.50%- -- -2- -1- -2- -4- -1- -1- -
900 MTEL-Flex English Objective 00145685.70%- -- -4- -- -- -3- -4883.30%1- -- -- -
901 MTEL-Flex English Objective 00151533.30%- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -1233.30%1- -- -- -
902 MTEL-Flex English as a Second Language Objective 00053686.10%- -- -- -- -4- -785.70%2185.70%4- -- -- -
903 MTEL-Flex English as a Second Language Objective 00088087.50%- -- -2- -7100.00%1291.70%4488.60%1275.00%3- -
904 MTEL-Flex Foundations of Reading Objective 00109885.70%- -- -5- -2- -3- -8384.30%2- -3- -
905 MTEL-Flex Foundations of Reading Objective 00113786.50%- -- -2- -1- -2- -2986.20%2- -1- -
906 MTEL-Flex Gen Curric Multisubject Objective 000613483.60%- -- -4- -4- -4- -11586.10%650.00%1- -
907 MTEL-Flex Gen Curric Multisubject Objective 001013255.30%- -- -3- -2- -3- -11958.80%4- -1- -
908 MTEL-Flex Gen Curric Mathematics Objective 001924235.10%1- -633.30%5- -850.00%21034.30%1050.00%2- -
909 MTEL-Flex Gen Curric Mathematics Objective 00202748.10%- -- -1- -1- -- -- -2147.60%3- -1- -
910 MTEL-Flex History Objective 00024170.70%- -- -4- -- -- -3- -3275.00%1- -1- -
911 MTEL-Flex History Objective 0014650.00%1- -- -- -- -- -2- -3- -- -- -- -- -
912 MTEL-Flex Spanish Objective 00135- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -3- -- -- -- -- -
913 MTEL-Flex Spanish Objective 00141- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
914 MTEL-Flex General Science Objective 00173- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -3- -- -- -- -- -
915 MTEL-Flex General Science Objective 00181- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
916 MTEL-Flex History/Social Science Objective 00142- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -1- -- -- -- -- -
917 MTEL-Flex History/Social Science Objective 00152- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -- -- -- -- -

*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 23, 2023

 
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