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 Primary Language
Program Year: September 2019 – August 2020

TestTotalPrimary Language
EnglishFrenchItalianPortugueseRussianSpanishAsian LanguagesASLOther/
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N% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% Pass
01 Communication & Literacy Skills5,91475.5%5,42178.0%1838.9%3- -3354.5%1163.6%21144.5%9352.7%728.6%11750.4%
Comm & Lit: Reading5,67082.5%5,21684.3%1553.3%5- -3773.0%785.7%19255.7%8576.5%633.3%10758.9%
Comm & Lit: Writing5,49981.6%5,04984.2%1643.8%3- -2948.3%1070.0%19449.0%8853.4%4- -10657.5%
02 Early Childhood71653.6%68253.1%3- -- -- -2- -- -- -944.4%1154.5%- -- -988.9%
03 General Curriculum*1,95557.9%1,88558.2%2- -1- -666.7%2- -2433.3%1478.6%3- -1850.0%
03 General Curriculum — Multi-Subject1,67171.7%1,61772.0%1- -1- -2- -2- -1957.9%1275.0%2- -1560.0%
03 General Curriculum — Mathematics**1,81059.5%1,74159.7%2- -2- -5- -1- -2330.4%17100.0%3- -1650.0%
06 History46971.4%45671.7%- -- -1- -1- -1- -3- -2- -- -- -5- -
07 English51180.8%49682.1%- -- -- -- -3- -1- -5- -- -- -- -- -650.0%
08 Reading Specialist23969.9%23770.0%- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
09 Mathematics26574.3%23775.5%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -944.4%887.5%1- -1060.0%
10 General Science13681.6%12982.2%- -- -- -- -2- -- -- -1- -1- -- -- -3- -
11 Physics5457.4%5158.8%1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -
12 Chemistry6467.2%6068.3%- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -1- -1- -- -- -1- -
13 Biology15172.8%14173.0%- -- -1- -2- -- -- -2- -1- -- -- -4- -
14 Earth Science1643.8%1643.8%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
15 Latin and Classical Humanities666.7%5- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
16 Music14265.5%12968.2%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -714.3%4- -- -- -1- -
17 Visual Art17993.9%16694.6%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -3- -5- -- -- -5- -
19 Business4067.5%3969.2%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -
21 Health/Family and Consumer Sciences17169.0%16869.6%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -- -- -- -- -1- -
22 Physical Education32140.5%31340.9%- -- -- -- -2- -- -- -4- -- -- -1- -1- -
26 French4660.9%2250.0%1471.4%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -966.7%
27 German2- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -
28 Spanish15284.9%7383.6%- -- -4- -1- -- -- -7387.7%1- -- -- -- -- -
29 Chinese (Mandarin)3096.7%1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2796.3%- -- -2- -
30 Italian1369.2%5- -1- -6100.0%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -
31 Russian1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
32 Portuguese1266.7%3- -- -- -1- -875.0%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
33 Technology/Engineering3268.8%3268.8%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
44 Speech3- -3- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
45 Theater3783.8%3683.3%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
46 Dance1450.0%1450.0%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
47 Middle School Mathematics20559.5%18259.3%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -742.9%5- -- -- -1080.0%
48 Political Science/Political Philosophy1241.7%1241.7%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
50 Middle School Humanities8145.7%8145.7%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
51 Middle School Mathematics/Science4630.4%4429.5%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
53 Elementary Mathematics26345.2%25744.7%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -1- -1- -- -- -3- -
54 English as a Second Language65243.9%53647.8%3- -1- -1330.8%922.2%4816.7%1747.1%1- -2433.3%
55 Adult Basic Education1384.6%1283.3%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
56 Sheltered English Immersion65068.2%63169.3%1- -- -- -2- -2- -5- -5- -- -- -4- -
90 Foundations of Reading2,65661.5%2,53661.9%5- -3- -837.5%1- -3850.0%3363.6%- -- -3253.1%
91 Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (VTLST)14870.9%14272.5%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -4- -- -- -- -- -2- -
VTLST: Reading12496.0%12096.7%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -- -- -- -- -2- -
VTLST: Writing15071.3%14273.2%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -5- -- -- -- -- -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