This page consolidates data on past test administrations of the MTEL (Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure). Users can view detailed statistics for each cycle of administration, including numbers of test takers and pass rate summaries for each of the subject tests.

The MTEL was initiated by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in 1998 to help ensure that Massachusetts educators can communicate adequately with students, parents/guardians, and other educators and that they are knowledgeable in the subject matter of the license(s) sought.

This page hosts downloadable files with ACCESS for ELLs test results by district and school. ACCESS for ELLs scores provide information on students' English proficiency. They do not measure students' academic achievement or content knowledge.

Federal and state laws require that English learner (EL) students be assessed annually to measure their proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking English, as well as the progress they are making in learning English. In fulfillment of these laws, EL students are required to participate in ACCESS for ELLs tests. ACCESS for ELLs tests are administered annually in January-February.

This data story provides information for parents, community members, and educators on how attendance, behavior, and course performance (the ABCs) in Massachusetts high schools affect post-secondary outcomes.

This report presents data and information about student preparedness for workforce and post-graduate success in Massachusetts, including high school enrollment, graduation, coursework, participation in Designated High School College and Career Pathways (After Dark, Career Connections, Career Technical Education, Early College, and Innovation Career Pathways), college attendance and persistence, and wages.

Resource Allocation and District Action Reports (RADAR) enable district leaders to compare their staffing, class size, special education services, school performance, and per-pupil spending data with similar districts. They are intended to support districts in making effective strategic decisions as they develop district plans and budgets. There are three reports:

RADAR Benchmarking Online
Gives districts an overall picture of how their resources are being allocated and resulting outcomes, including a wide variety of charts and tables.

RADAR Special Education
Indicates district resources and outcomes related to students with disabilities.

Student Sending and Receiving Report
Shows which towns/cities send students to a particular district, and which districts receive students from a particular town/city.

This page provides data and reporting resources for school districts and public two-year colleges offering Career Technical Education (CTE) programs overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Laws and regulations require districts, public two-year colleges, and the state to assess the effectiveness of CTE programs through the collection of student-level performance data, and to disaggregate it for populations of students and by program. These can be used to make progress toward improving student performance.

Available data include:

• CTE Enrollment Dashboard (Power BI)
• CTE Perkins IV Core Indicators Dashboard (Power BI)
• CTE Perkins V Core Indicators Dashboard (Power BI)
• Graduate Follow-up Survey Results (XLSX)

This dataset contains special education indicators since 2017. It is a long file that contains multiple rows for each district, with rows for different years, comparing students with disabilities, students without disabilities, and all students on a wide range of indicators. Not all indicators are available for all years. For definitions of each indicator, please visit the RADAR Special Education Dashboard.

Resource Allocation and District Action Reports (RADAR) enable district leaders to compare their staffing, class size, special education services, school performance, and per-pupil spending data with similar districts. They are intended to support districts in making effective strategic decisions as they develop district plans and budgets.

This dataset is one of five containing the same data that is also published in the RADAR Special Education Dashboard:
Special Education Program Characteristics and Student Demographics
Special Education Placement Trajectory
Students Moving In and Out of Special Education Services
Special Education Indicators
Special Education Student Progression from High School through Postsecondary Education

Below is a list of indicators that are included within the dataset. Note: "Student progression from high school through second year of postsecondary education" and "Student progression from high school through postsecondary degree completion" are available for download in this companion dataset. These two indicators are separate from the main Special Education Indicators download since the data are in a different format.

Context

• Stability rate (enrolled all year)
• Student Enrollment

Student Outcomes

• 4-year cohort graduation rate
• 5-year cohort graduation rate
• 9th to 10th grade promotion rate (first-time 9th graders only)
• Annual dropout rate
• Chronically absent rate (% of students absent 10% or more each year)
• Student attendance rate
• Students absent 10 or more days each year
• Students suspended in school at least once
• Students suspended out-of-school at least once

Assessments (Next Gen MCAS)

• Average student growth percentiles (SGP) in ELA (Grades 3-8)
• Average student growth percentiles (SGP) in ELA (Grade 10)
• Average student growth percentiles (SGP) in math (Grades 3-8)
• Average student growth percentiles (

The District Analysis and Review Tools (DARTs) offer snapshots of district and school performance, allowing users to easily track select data elements over time, and make sound, meaningful comparisons to the state or to "comparable" organizations.

This dataset is a long file that contains multiple rows for each school and district, with rows for different years, different student groups, and a wide range of indicators.

This dataset contains the same data that is also published on our DART Detail:
Success After High School Online Dashboard

Below is a list of indicators that are included within the dataset. Note: "Student progression from high school through second year of postsecondary education" and "Student progression from high school through postsecondary degree completion" are available for download in this companion dataset. These two indicators are separate from the main DART: Success After High School download since the data are in a different format.

Context

• Stability rate (enrolled all year)
• Student Enrollment

HS Indicators

• 4-year cohort graduation rate
• 5-year cohort graduation rate
• 9th to 10th grade promotion rate (first-time 9th graders only)
• Annual dropout rate
• Chronically absent rate (% of students absent 10% or more each year)
• Student attendance rate
• Students absent 10 or more days each year
• Students suspended out-of-school at least once

HS Performance

• Average student growth percentiles (SGP) in ELA
• Average student growth percentiles (SGP) in mathematics
• Grade 10 students meeting or exceeding expectations in ELA
• Grade 10 students meeting or exceeding expectations in mathematics
• Jr / Sr AP test takers scoring 3 or above
• Jr / Sr enrolled in one or more AP / IB courses
• Jr / Sr who took AP courses and participated in one or more AP tests
• SAT average score - Mathematics
• SAT average score - reading
• Test takers scoring 3 or above on the Advanced Placement (AP) by category - All subjects
• Test takers scoring 3 or above on the Advanced Placement (AP) by category - Art
• Test takers scoring 3 or above on the Advanced Placement (AP) by category - English
• Test takers scoring 3 or above on the Advanced Placement (AP) by category - Foreign Language
• Test takers scoring 3 or above on the Advanced Placement (AP) by category - History/Social Science
• Test takers scoring 3 or above on the Advanced Placement (AP) by category - Mathematics
• Test takers scoring 3 or above on the Advanced Placement (AP) by category - Science

Postsecondary Outcomes

• College students persistently enrolled in postsecondary education for the first two years
• Grade 12 students who completed FAFSA
• High school graduates enrolled in 2-year postsecondary education
• High school graduates enrolled in 4-year postsecondary education
• Students enrolled in postsecondary education in the immediate fall after high school graduation
• Student progression from high school through postsecondary degree completion
• Student

This dataset contains Advanced Placement (AP) score data for all Massachusetts public and charter schools and districts since 2007. It shows the number of students who received each possible score (1-5) on AP exams, as well as the percent of students scoring 1-2 or 3-5 on those exams, disaggregated by student group.

Economically Disadvantaged was used 2015-2021. Low Income was used prior to 2015, and has been used again since 2022. Please see the DESE Researcher's Guide for more information.

This dataset contains the same data that is also published on our DESE Profiles site:
Advanced Placement Performance

Arts

• 2-D Art and Design
• 3-D Art and Design
• Drawing
• Music Theory
• Studio Art: 2-D Design
• Studio Art: 3-D Design
• Studio Art: Drawing

English Language Arts

• English Lang/Comp
• English Lit/Comp

Foreign Languages

• Chinese Lang
• French Lang
• French Lit
• German Lang
• Italian Lang
• Japanese Lang
• Latin: Lit
• Latin: Vergil
• Spanish Lang
• Spanish Lit

History and Social Science

• Art History
• Economics: Macro
• Economics: Micro
• Govt & Pol: Comp
• Govt & Pol: U.S.
• Govt RAD: Comp
• Govt RAD: U.S.
• History: European
• History: U.S.
• History: World
• Human Geography
• Psychology
• World History: Modern

Math and Computer Science

• Calculus AB
• Calculus BC
• Computer Sci A
• Computer Sci AB
• Computer Sci Principles
• Statistics

Science and Technology

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Environmental Sci
• Physics 1
• Physics 2
• Physics B
• Physics C: E
• Physics C: E&M
• Physics C: Mech

Capstone

• Capstone Research
• Capstone Seminar

The District Analysis and Review Tools (DARTs) turn the Department's vast amount of data into valuable, easily consumable information. The DARTs offer snapshots of district and school performance, allowing users to easily track select data elements over time, and make sound, meaningful comparisons to the state or to "comparable" organizations. The data elements in each DART tool are linked to a broader strategic framework defining the characteristics of effective educational organizations and cover a broad range of district and school interests including demographic, assessment, student support, educator, financial, and achievement gap data. The DARTs, in combination with other tools found on this website, may be utilized by district and school leaders in enacting each of the six district standards upon which district reviews, improvement planning, and other forms of accountability and assistance are based: Leadership & Governance, Curriculum & Instruction, Assessment, Human Resources & Professional Development, Student Support, and Financial & Asset Management.