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Program Year 2020-2021 Test Results by Category

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Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL)
Annual Summary of Test Taker Counts by Ethnicity
Program Year: September 2020 – August 2021

TestTotalEthnicity
Native American/
Alaskan Native		BlackAsian/ Pacific
Islander		HispanicWhiteOtherNo Response
N% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% Pass
01 Communication & Literacy Skills830677.70%2259.10%49950.50%36982.40%67562.20%640881.40%21674.50%11774.40%
Comm & Lit: Reading803983.40%2369.60%45661.20%36386.80%62671.40%624986.30%21278.80%11081.80%
Comm & Lit: Writing792683.40%2171.40%45656.60%35485.60%63867.70%613787.20%20576.60%11580.00%
002 Early Childhood98557.20%1- -2536.00%2965.50%5255.80%84457.80%2250.00%1250.00%
003 General Curriculum*251955.60%2- -8133.30%6978.30%8846.60%218356.60%6740.30%2955.20%
03 General Curriculum — Multi-Subject236772.40%3- -7455.40%6086.70%8268.30%207172.90%5964.40%1883.30%
003 General Curriculum — Mathematics**232855.90%1- -7834.60%6073.30%8440.50%201957.40%6142.60%2544.00%
006 History71976.20%1- -3243.80%1973.70%3971.80%58378.20%2483.30%2171.40%
007 English61178.70%1- -4134.10%2680.80%4266.70%47282.80%1894.40%1181.80%
008 Reading Specialist34976.20%2- -683.30%1- -1250.00%31478.30%728.60%757.10%
009 Mathematics25481.10%- -- -1631.30%1693.80%1973.70%19385.50%683.30%4- -
010 General Science26385.20%1- -1154.50%1492.90%1593.30%20685.90%1090.00%666.70%
011 Physics7364.40%- -- -4- -5- -2- -5768.40%2- -3- -
012 Chemistry9869.40%1- -3- -6100.00%3- -8267.10%2- -1- -
013 Biology20672.80%- -- -1050.00%1788.20%1050.00%16273.50%5- -2- -
014 Earth Science2857.10%- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -2755.60%- -- -- -- -
015 Latin and Classical Humanities2290.90%- -- -- -- -1- -1- -1894.40%- -- -2- -
016 Music25772.00%- -- -1729.40%1283.30%1566.70%20176.10%650.00%666.70%
017 Visual Art23691.90%2- -683.30%1586.70%1190.90%18793.60%785.70%887.50%
019 Business4660.90%- -- -- -- -2- -1- -4062.50%1- -2- -
021 Health/Family and Consumer Sciences20272.30%- -- -650.00%2- -5- -18072.80%3- -666.70%
022 Physical Education37448.70%2- -3132.30%850.00%1637.50%29451.70%1241.70%1145.50%
026 French7171.80%- -- -933.30%3- -3- -5180.40%5- -- -- -
027 German5- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -5- -- -- -- -- -
028 Spanish24883.90%- -- -4- -- -- -12485.50%10284.30%1060.00%887.50%
029 Chinese (Mandarin)2391.30%- -- -- -- -20100.00%- -- -3- -- -- -- -- -
030 Italian5- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -5- -- -- -- -- -
031 Russian1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -
032 Portuguese2272.70%- -- -5- -- -- -2- -977.80%6100.00%- -- -
033 Technology/Engineering4665.20%- -- -- -- -1- -4- -3966.70%- -- -2- -
044 Speech3- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -3- -- -- -- -- -
045 Theater6190.20%- -- -5- -1- -- -- -5296.20%1- -2- -
046 Dance1915.80%- -- -1- -- -- -3- -1315.40%1- -1- -
047 Middle School Mathematics22465.60%- -- -1838.90%1776.50%1450.00%16269.80%850.00%5- -
048 Political Science/Political Philosophy2339.10%- -- -3- -- -- -- -- -1747.10%1- -2- -
050 Middle School Humanities12050.80%- -- -3- -2- -5- -10351.50%4- -3- -
051 Middle School Mathematics/Science7050.00%- -- -4- -4- -2- -5952.50%1- -- -- -
053 Elementary Mathematics36847.30%- -- -1421.40%1384.60%1656.30%31746.10%650.00%2- -
054 English as a Second Language80547.00%- -- -6423.40%5145.10%10424.00%52755.60%3732.40%2245.50%
055 Adult Basic Education875.00%- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -785.70%- -- -- -- -
056 Sheltered English Immersion61467.60%- -- -1353.80%1172.70%2142.90%54369.60%1855.60%837.50%
061 English21062.40%- -- -633.30%633.30%955.60%18465.80%2- -3- -
063 Mathematics11664.70%- -- -728.60%988.90%977.80%8664.00%2- -3- -
065 Middle School Mathematics7844.90%- -- -5- -1172.70%5- -5446.30%1- -2- -
079 Bilingual Education3894.70%- -- -2- -1- -2095.00%1190.90%2- -2- -
090 Foundations of Reading189452.90%1- -10529.50%6777.60%10648.10%153554.00%5844.80%2254.50%
91 Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (VTLST)21274.50%1- -988.90%1- -1844.40%18076.10%2- -1- -
VTLST: Reading17793.20%1- -1080.00%1- -1471.40%14996.00%1- -1- -
VTLST: Writing21574.40%1- -988.90%1- -1931.60%18277.50%2- -1- -
190 Foundations of Reading185271.80%4- -7946.80%5174.50%8772.40%156773.50%4358.10%2157.10%

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: February 9, 2022

 
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