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 Gender
Program Year: September 2018 – August 2019

TestTotalGender
MaleFemaleNo response
N Took% PassN Took% PassN Took% PassN Took% Pass
01 Communication & Literacy Skills9,09479.7%2,07181.2%6,91679.1%10793.5%
Comm & Lit: Reading8,70784.4%1,94189.1%6,66282.9%10496.2%
Comm & Lit: Writing8,61185.7%2,01784.9%6,49085.7%10494.2%
02 Early Childhood1,23759.3%2281.8%1,20658.9%966.7%
03 General Curriculum*2,97763.1%32366.3%2,62962.6%2572.0%
03 General Curriculum — Multi-Subject2,68877.3%29482.0%2,37076.7%2483.3%
03 General Curriculum — Mathematics**2,87362.7%29267.8%2,55761.9%2483.3%
06 History72275.3%37383.1%33465.9%1593.3%
07 English82981.2%24182.6%58180.4%7100.0%
08 Reading Specialist40070.0%666.7%39169.8%3- -
09 Mathematics48575.5%19274.5%28675.5%7100.0%
10 General Science25782.9%7287.5%18280.8%3- -
11 Physics11067.3%6767.2%4266.7%1- -
12 Chemistry13960.4%4269.0%9656.3%1- -
13 Biology29576.3%9282.6%19473.2%977.8%
14 Earth Science4847.9%2458.3%2437.5%- -- -
15 Latin and Classical Humanities2885.7%1788.2%1181.8%- -- -
16 Music24076.3%10775.7%13176.3%2- -
17 Visual Art25290.1%4493.2%20389.7%5- -
19 Business6575.4%3781.1%2770.4%1- -
21 Health/Family and Consumer Sciences24674.0%9661.5%14781.6%3- -
22 Physical Education46654.9%29052.1%17559.4%1- -
26 French6779.1%1478.6%5379.2%- -- -
27 German8100.0%4- -4- -- -- -
28 Spanish20083.5%5188.2%14781.6%2- -
29 Chinese (Mandarin)4897.9%5- -43100.0%- -- -
30 Italian1266.7%3- -966.7%- -- -
31 Russian1- -- -- -1- -- -- -
32 Portuguese2157.1%5- -1546.7%1- -
33 Technology/Engineering6261.3%4568.9%1741.2%- -- -
44 Speech1- -- -- -1- -- -- -
45 Theater7284.7%1485.7%5583.6%3- -
46 Dance1931.6%1- -1833.3%- -- -
47 Middle School Mathematics43563.4%14169.5%29060.3%4- -
48 Political Science/Political Philosophy2360.9%1566.7%757.1%1- -
50 Middle School Humanities12843.0%3852.6%8438.1%650.0%
51 Middle School Mathematics/Science5944.1%1957.9%3935.9%1- -
53 Elementary Mathematics44849.1%5962.7%38747.0%2- -
54 English as a Second Language1,01152.6%15544.5%84253.8%1471.4%
55 Adult Basic Education1275.0%4- -887.5%- -- -
56 Sheltered English Immersion1,23575.2%27666.3%93477.8%2576.0%
90 Foundations of Reading3,83363.4%50457.9%3,29264.3%3754.1%
91 Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (VTLST)22778.4%13479.1%9377.4%- -- -
VTLST: Reading20295.0%11695.7%8694.2%- -- -
VTLST: Writing23680.5%13780.3%9980.8%- -- -

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