Program Year 2019-2020 Test Results by Category

Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL)
Annual Summary of Test Taker Counts by Gender
Program Year: September 2019 – August 2020

Test	Total		Gender
	Total		Male		Female		No response
	N Took	% Pass	N Took	% Pass	N Took	% Pass	N Took	% Pass
01 Communication & Literacy Skills	5,914	75.5%	1,246	79.9%	4,551	74.0%	117	86.3%
Comm & Lit: Reading	5,670	82.5%	1,176	88.7%	4,375	80.6%	119	89.9%
Comm & Lit: Writing	5,499	81.6%	1,196	83.3%	4,186	80.8%	117	91.5%
02 Early Childhood	716	53.6%	13	30.8%	699	54.1%	4	- -
03 General Curriculum*	1,955	57.9%	188	63.8%	1,752	57.2%	15	60.0%
03 General Curriculum — Multi-Subject	1,671	71.7%	177	83.6%	1,475	70.1%	19	84.2%
03 General Curriculum — Mathematics**	1,810	59.5%	169	64.5%	1,626	59.2%	15	40.0%
06 History	469	71.4%	261	78.5%	199	62.8%	9	55.6%
07 English	511	80.8%	141	87.2%	364	78.3%	6	83.3%
08 Reading Specialist	239	69.9%	5	- -	232	70.7%	2	- -
09 Mathematics	265	74.3%	110	70.9%	152	76.3%	3	- -
10 General Science	136	81.6%	34	88.2%	102	79.4%	- -	- -
11 Physics	54	57.4%	34	67.6%	19	36.8%	1	- -
12 Chemistry	64	67.2%	20	65.0%	42	66.7%	2	- -
13 Biology	151	72.8%	50	84.0%	97	66.0%	4	- -
14 Earth Science	16	43.8%	6	50.0%	10	40.0%	- -	- -
15 Latin and Classical Humanities	6	66.7%	3	- -	3	- -	- -	- -
16 Music	142	65.5%	51	56.9%	86	68.6%	5	- -
17 Visual Art	179	93.9%	25	100.0%	148	92.6%	6	100.0%
19 Business	40	67.5%	29	72.4%	11	54.5%	- -	- -
21 Health/Family and Consumer Sciences	171	69.0%	79	62.0%	91	74.7%	1	- -
22 Physical Education	321	40.5%	193	34.2%	125	49.6%	3	- -
26 French	46	60.9%	11	54.5%	34	61.8%	1	- -
27 German	2	- -	- -	- -	2	- -	- -	- -
28 Spanish	152	84.9%	33	81.8%	114	86.0%	5	- -
29 Chinese (Mandarin)	30	96.7%	1	- -	27	96.3%	2	- -
30 Italian	13	69.2%	3	- -	10	70.0%	- -	- -
31 Russian	1	- -	- -	- -	1	- -	- -	- -
32 Portuguese	12	66.7%	2	- -	10	70.0%	- -	- -
33 Technology/Engineering	32	68.8%	19	63.2%	13	76.9%	- -	- -
44 Speech	3	- -	1	- -	2	- -	- -	- -
45 Theater	37	83.8%	10	90.0%	24	83.3%	3	- -
46 Dance	14	50.0%	1	- -	13	53.8%	- -	- -
47 Middle School Mathematics	205	59.5%	70	65.7%	134	56.0%	1	- -
48 Political Science/Political Philosophy	12	41.7%	7	42.9%	5	- -	- -	- -
50 Middle School Humanities	81	45.7%	29	51.7%	49	42.9%	3	- -
51 Middle School Mathematics/Science	46	30.4%	15	33.3%	31	29.0%	- -	- -
53 Elementary Mathematics	263	45.2%	22	36.4%	240	46.3%	1	- -
54 English as a Second Language	652	43.9%	101	38.6%	539	44.5%	12	58.3%
55 Adult Basic Education	13	84.6%	4	- -	9	100.0%	- -	- -
56 Sheltered English Immersion	650	68.2%	143	46.2%	494	74.9%	13	53.8%
90 Foundations of Reading	2,656	61.5%	296	56.4%	2,333	61.9%	27	77.8%
91 Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (VTLST)	148	70.9%	80	58.8%	65	84.6%	3	- -
VTLST: Reading	124	96.0%	66	95.5%	54	96.3%	4	- -
VTLST: Writing	150	71.3%	83	59.0%	64	85.9%	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 1, 2021

Program Year 2019-2020 Test Results by Category

Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) Annual Summary of Test Taker Counts by Gender Program Year: September 2019 – August 2020

Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL)
Annual Summary of Test Taker Counts by Gender
Program Year: September 2019 – August 2020