Educator Effectiveness

Program Year 2019-2020 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 2019 – August 2020

TestTotalEthnicity
Native American/
Alaskan Native		BlackAsian/ Pacific
Islander		HispanicWhiteOtherNo Response
N% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% Pass
01 Communication & Literacy Skills5,91475.5%4- -30646.1%24563.7%45758.4%4,61480.3%19766.0%9171.4%
Comm & Lit: Reading5,67082.5%4- -28362.5%23175.3%44469.1%4,43785.7%19475.3%7789.6%
Comm & Lit: Writing5,49981.6%4- -27356.4%23369.5%42563.1%4,29786.3%18069.4%8774.7%
02 Early Childhood71653.6%1- -2240.9%3243.8%2321.7%60755.7%2161.9%1040.0%
03 General Curriculum*1,95557.9%5- -6338.1%5261.5%9150.5%1,66159.5%6152.5%2231.8%
03 General Curriculum — Multi-Subject1,67171.7%4- -5358.5%5383.0%7268.1%1,42572.3%4766.0%1752.9%
03 General Curriculum — Mathematics**1,81059.5%4- -6245.2%4875.0%8955.1%1,52960.4%5451.9%2441.7%
06 History46971.4%1- -2744.4%1369.2%2454.2%38474.0%1275.0%8100.0%
07 English51180.8%2- -2356.5%5- -2568.0%42782.7%2090.0%977.8%
08 Reading Specialist23969.9%- -- -1- -4- -1070.0%21869.7%3- -3- -
09 Mathematics26574.3%1- -1464.3%2080.0%1464.3%20075.5%862.5%875.0%
10 General Science13681.6%- -- -966.7%4- -5- -11084.5%5- -3- -
11 Physics5457.4%- -- -4- -4- -2- -4055.0%2- -2- -
12 Chemistry6467.2%- -- -4- -2- -4- -5076.0%2- -2- -
13 Biology15172.8%- -- -771.4%757.1%666.7%12575.2%3- -3- -
14 Earth Science1643.8%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -1546.7%- -- -- -- -
15 Latin and Classical Humanities666.7%- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -4- -- -- -- -- -
16 Music14265.5%- -- -633.3%977.8%1540.0%10469.2%5- -3- -
17 Visual Art17993.9%1- -4- -1090.0%1492.9%14393.7%3- -4- -
19 Business4067.5%- -- -2- -1- -1- -3669.4%- -- -- -- -
21 Health/Family and Consumer Sciences17169.0%- -- -666.7%- -- -3- -15869.6%1- -3- -
22 Physical Education32140.5%1- -185.6%633.3%1723.5%26045.4%837.5%1118.2%
26 French4660.9%- -- -850.0%1- -- -- -3565.7%2- -- -- -
27 German2- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -1- -
28 Spanish15284.9%- -- -- -- -1- -8583.5%5587.3%4- -785.7%
29 Chinese (Mandarin)3096.7%- -- -- -- -2896.4%- -- -- -- -1- -1- -
30 Italian1369.2%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1369.2%- -- -- -- -
31 Russian1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -
32 Portuguese1266.7%- -- -1- -1- -1- -650.0%3- -- -- -
33 Technology/Engineering3268.8%- -- -- -- -2- -2- -2572.0%2- -1- -
44 Speech3- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -1- -- -- -
45 Theater3783.8%- -- -2- -- -- -1- -3287.5%2- -- -- -
46 Dance1450.0%- -- -2- -- -- -- -- -1050.0%2- -- -- -
47 Middle School Mathematics20559.5%- -- -2343.5%1346.2%1650.0%13964.7%966.7%5- -
48 Political Science/Political Philosophy1241.7%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1136.4%1- -- -- -
50 Middle School Humanities8145.7%- -- -2- -- -- -1- -7447.3%- -- -4- -
51 Middle School Mathematics/Science4630.4%- -- -2- -2- -3- -3732.4%2- -- -- -
53 Elementary Mathematics26345.2%- -- -911.1%1060.0%933.3%22646.0%757.1%2- -
54 English as a Second Language65243.9%3- -3724.3%2853.6%8822.7%43249.8%3836.8%2638.5%
55 Adult Basic Education1384.6%- -- -2- -- -- -2- -8100.0%- -- -1- -
56 Sheltered English Immersion65068.2%- -- -1127.3%1435.7%1338.5%58371.2%1346.2%1656.3%
90 Foundations of Reading2,65661.5%5- -11536.5%8557.6%10849.1%2,22864.3%7245.8%4346.5%
91 Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (VTLST)14870.9%- -- -4- -1- -944.4%12672.2%4- -4- -
VTLST: Reading12496.0%- -- -4- -1- -666.7%10599.0%3- -5- -
VTLST: Writing15071.3%- -- -4- -2- -1050.0%12671.4%4- -4- -

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 1, 2021