Each Massachusetts high-school test (Grade 10 ELA, Grade 10 Math, Biology, Introductory Physics, Chemistry and Technology and Engineering) is scored on its own scale and sorted into performance levels. Pick a test to see the score range for every level, year by year, plus how students scored statewide.
Look up a high-school percentile →Each test's newest score scale and proficiency line, and every year we have.
| Test | Score scale | The proficiency line | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 10 ELA | 440–560 | Meeting from 500 | 2018, 2019 and 2021 to 2026 (ranges changed in 2019) |
| Grade 10 Math | 440–560 | Meeting from 500 | 2018, 2019 and 2021 to 2026 (ranges changed in 2019) |
| Biology | 440–560 | Meeting from 500 | 2018, 2019 and 2021 to 2026 (ranges changed in 2022) |
| Introductory Physics | 440–560 | Meeting from 500 | 2018, 2019 and 2021 to 2026 (ranges changed in 2022) |
| Chemistry | 200–280 | Proficient from 240 | 2018, 2019 and 2021 to 2023 |
| Technology and Engineering | 200–280 | Proficient from 240 | 2018, 2019 and 2021 to 2023 |
Grade 10 ELA and Math count 10th graders who took the spring test; retests are not counted. Students take a high school science test in grade 9 or 10, so a year's Biology or Introductory Physics group mixes 9th and 10th graders; DESE's reporting rules for 2022 to 2025 count only students taking that test for the first time. In 2021 the science tests were open only to 9th graders and former students. Two older tests, Chemistry and Technology and Engineering, were last given in 2023 and few students took them. Students who took the alternate assessment (MCAS-Alt) are counted in the achievement levels but not in the average score, and a school counts only students enrolled there since October.
More on who is counted, and how: see how we count.