Educator Effectiveness

Program Year 2020-2021 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 2020 – August 2021

TestTotalPrimary Language
EnglishFrenchItalianPortugueseRussianSpanishAsian LanguagesASLOther/
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N% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% PassN% Pass
01 Communication & Literacy Skills830677.70%765579.70%2846.40%5- -5253.80%1861.10%27349.10%11473.70%1225.00%14952.30%
Comm & Lit: Reading803983.40%742485.00%3043.30%4- -4669.60%1668.80%24459.40%10485.60%1050.00%16160.90%
Comm & Lit: Writing792683.40%731885.40%2650.00%5- -4961.20%1866.70%25155.00%11076.40%1127.30%13858.00%
002 Early Childhood98557.20%93758.20%1- -- -- -1- -2- -2638.50%4- -- -- -1428.60%
003 General Curriculum*251955.60%244655.60%5- -1- -742.90%1- -2544.00%1788.20%4- -1353.80%
03 General Curriculum — Multi-Subject236772.40%229472.30%666.70%1- -4- -2- -2272.70%1894.40%650.00%1471.40%
003 General Curriculum — Mathematics**232855.90%227056.00%5- -2- -757.10%- -- -2437.50%875.00%2- -1060.00%
006 History71976.20%70076.70%1- -- -- -3- -- -- -1060.00%1- -- -- -4- -
007 English61178.70%59079.70%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -1080.00%4- -- -- -60.00%
008 Reading Specialist34976.20%34376.40%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -4- -- -- -- -- -1- -
009 Mathematics25481.10%22682.30%3- -2- -2- -1- -862.50%6100.00%- -- -666.70%
010 General Science26385.20%24985.10%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -3- -- -- -988.90%
011 Physics7364.40%6867.60%1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -3- -
012 Chemistry9869.40%9367.70%2- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -1- -- -- -1- -
013 Biology20672.80%19072.60%1- -1- -1- -- -- -2- -6100.00%- -- -5- -
014 Earth Science2857.10%2857.10%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
015 Latin and Classical Humanities2290.90%2195.20%- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
016 Music25772.00%24572.20%- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -4- -3- -- -- -4- -
017 Visual Art23691.90%22793.40%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -3- -2- -- -- -3- -
019 Business4660.90%4360.50%- -- -- -- -1- -1- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -
021 Health/Family and Consumer Sciences20272.30%20172.10%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
022 Physical Education37448.70%36648.90%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -3- -- -- -- -- -5- -
026 French7171.80%4173.20%2373.90%- -- -- -- -- -- -3- -- -- -- -- -4- -
027 German5- -3- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -
028 Spanish24883.90%13581.50%2- -2- -3- -- -- -10387.40%- -- -- -- -3- -
029 Chinese (Mandarin)2391.30%5- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -18100.00%- -- -- -- -
030 Italian5- -5- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
031 Russian1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
032 Portuguese2272.70%5- -- -- -1- -1392.30%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -3- -
033 Technology/Engineering4665.20%4564.40%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
044 Speech3- -3- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
045 Theater6190.20%6190.20%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
046 Dance1915.80%1915.80%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
047 Middle School Mathematics22465.60%20366.00%1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -5- -887.50%- -- -728.60%
048 Political Science/Political Philosophy2339.10%2142.90%1- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -
050 Middle School Humanities12050.80%11651.70%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -2- -1- -- -- -1- -
051 Middle School Mathematics/Science7050.00%6650.00%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -1- -- -- -2- -
053 Elementary Mathematics36847.30%35946.50%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -3- -5- -- -- -1- -
054 English as a Second Language80547.00%65352.40%5- -1- -2030.00%714.30%5817.20%2347.80%1- -3718.90%
055 Adult Basic Education875.00%875.00%- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -
056 Sheltered English Immersion61467.60%59468.70%- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -922.20%3- -- -- -728.60%
061 English21062.40%20463.20%- -- -- -- -1- -- -- -1- -1- -- -- -3- -
063 Mathematics11664.70%10064.00%3- -- -- -1- -- -- -4- -6100.00%- -- -2- -
065 Middle School Mathematics7844.90%6642.40%1- -- -- -- -- -2- -2- -4- -- -- -3- -
079 Bilingual Education3894.70%20100.00%1- -- -- -1- -- -- -1593.30%- -- -- -- -1- -
090 Foundations of Reading189452.90%179653.40%60.00%- -- -728.60%2- -4542.20%1681.30%- -- -2240.90%
91 Vocational Technical Literacy Skills Test (VTLST)21274.50%20476.00%- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -5- -- -- -- -- -2- -
VTLST: Reading17793.20%17094.70%- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -4- -- -- -- -- -2- -
VTLST: Writing21574.40%20676.70%- -- -- -- -- -- -1- -60.00%- -- -- -- -2- -
190 Foundations of Reading185271.80%178372.20%2- -- -- -666.70%1- -3458.80%1275.00%- -- -1464.30%

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