Assessment/Accountability
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System

Test Questions

This page provides access to all the test questions on which student results are based, from the last five years. Beginning in 2009, approximately 50% of common test items in grades 3-8 will be released each year. Information about the reporting category and learning standard that each unreleased question assesses is available through MCAS question search.

To view sample student work and scoring guides for each open-response question and writing prompt, browse to http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/student/

MCAS Question Search - browse and search through 3213 MCAS test items.

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2012 Released Items

Release of March 2011 Retest Items (Spanish)

 

Release of March 2012 Retest Items

  

Release of February 2012 MCAS Biology Test Items