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 Primary Language
Program Year: September 2018 – August 2019

TestTotalPrimary Language
EnglishFrenchItalianPortugueseRussianSpanishAsian LanguagesASLOther/
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N% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% Pass
01 Communication & Literacy Skills9,09479.7%8,35981.8%4165.9%977.8%5149.0%1478.6%28054.3%14767.3%1040.0%18349.2%
Comm & Lit: Reading8,70784.4%8,01886.0%3669.4%875.0%4459.1%1485.7%26962.5%13576.3%1145.5%17263.4%
Comm & Lit: Writing8,61185.7%7,92687.6%3969.2%977.8%4562.2%1376.9%26261.8%14170.9%944.4%16758.7%
02 Early Childhood1,23759.3%1,18460.0%3- -- -- -4- -2- -2147.6%1181.8%- -- -1216.7%
03 General Curriculum*2,97763.1%2,87763.3%3- -2- -1136.4%1- -3857.9%2075.0%837.5%1764.7%
03 General Curriculum — Multi-Subject2,68877.3%2,58877.7%4- -1- -1566.7%1- -3966.7%2080.0%4- -1675.0%
03 General Curriculum — Mathematics**2,87362.7%2,78162.6%4- -2- -944.4%1- -3560.0%1883.3%757.1%1662.5%
06 History72275.3%70475.6%1- -1- -2- -- -- -850.0%2- -- -- -4- -
07 English82981.2%80181.6%- -- -- -- -2- -- -- -1566.7%4- -- -- -742.9%
08 Reading Specialist40070.0%39370.2%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -2- -2- -- -- -2- -
09 Mathematics48575.5%42877.8%5- -1- -2- -2- -1533.3%1283.3%1- -1957.9%
10 General Science25782.9%24983.5%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -757.1%- -- -- -- -1- -
11 Physics11067.3%10268.6%1- -- -- -2- -- -- -1- -3- -- -- -1- -
12 Chemistry13960.4%12759.8%1- -- -- -2- -- -- -1- -4- -- -- -4- -
13 Biology29576.3%27276.5%- -- -1- -- -- -2- -666.7%785.7%- -- -757.1%
14 Earth Science4847.9%4847.9%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
15 Latin and Classical Humanities2885.7%2785.2%- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
16 Music24076.3%22976.9%- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -2- -771.4%- -- -1- -
17 Visual Art25290.1%24092.1%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -5- -4- -- -- -2- -
19 Business6575.4%6275.8%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -
21 Health/Family and Consumer Sciences24674.0%24274.4%1- -- -- -1- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -1- -
22 Physical Education46654.9%45056.2%- -- -- -- -3- -- -- -1020.0%1- -- -- -2- -
26 French6779.1%3775.7%2391.3%- -- -1- -- -- -2- -1- -- -- -3- -
27 German8100.0%7100.0%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -
28 Spanish20083.5%10878.7%- -- -1- -3- -- -- -8790.8%- -- -- -- -1- -
29 Chinese (Mandarin)4897.9%4- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -41100.0%- -- -3- -
30 Italian1266.7%5- -- -- -5- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -1- -
31 Russian1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -
32 Portuguese2157.1%3- -- -- -- -- -1764.7%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -
33 Technology/Engineering6261.3%5860.3%- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -2- -- -- -- -- -1- -
44 Speech1- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
45 Theater7284.7%7284.7%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
46 Dance1931.6%1931.6%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
47 Middle School Mathematics43563.4%39165.0%2- -- -- -2- -2- -1241.7%785.7%- -- -1942.1%
48 Political Science/Political Philosophy2360.9%2157.1%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -
50 Middle School Humanities12843.0%12343.9%- -- -1- -1- -- -- -1- -2- -- -- -- -- -
51 Middle School Mathematics/Science5944.1%5844.8%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -
53 Elementary Mathematics44849.1%42749.6%- -- -- -- -4- -- -- -825.0%2- -- -- -742.9%
54 English as a Second Language1,01152.6%83657.1%922.2%4- -1921.1%633.3%6723.9%2755.6%3- -4032.5%
55 Adult Basic Education1275.0%1172.7%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
56 Sheltered English Immersion1,23575.2%1,21176.1%- -- -- -- -5- -1- -757.1%633.3%- -- -5- -
90 Foundations of Reading3,83363.4%3,67464.2%4- -2- -1650.0%2- -6442.2%3857.9%- -- -3339.4%
91 Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (VTLST)22778.4%21380.3%1- -- -- -2- -1- -837.5%- -- -- -- -2- -
VTLST: Reading20295.0%18996.8%1- -- -- -2- -1- -771.4%- -- -- -- -2- -
VTLST: Writing23680.5%22081.4%1- -- -- -2- -1- -742.9%2- -- -- -3- -

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