MTEL Communication and Literacy Skills (Reading 101 and Writing 201) — Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
The MTEL Communication and Literacy Skills test, part of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure, is made up of two subtests, Reading and Writing, that check the reading and writing skills expected of every Massachusetts educator. Each subtest has a qualifying score of 240. The Reading subtest has 42 multiple-choice questions, and the Writing subtest adds short-answer and open-response items. SummitCert's portal helps you prepare with exam-style questions and explanations, flashcards and progress tracking by area. Its practice questions cover the multiple-choice content only; written responses are not scored.
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Your full practice pool — 350 questions total, written to mirror the real exam blueprint, with full answer explanations for every question.
Including Meaning of Words and Phrases, Main Idea and Supporting Details, Writer's Purpose and Point of View, and more.
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Topics you'll drill
8 core topics pulled straight from the real question bank.
- Meaning of Words and Phrases
- Main Idea and Supporting Details
- Writer's Purpose and Point of View
- Relationships Among Ideas
- Critical Reasoning
- Outlining, Summarizing, Graph Interpretation
- Establish and Maintain a Main Idea
- Sentence Construction, Grammar, Usage
MTEL Communication and Literacy Skills exam requirements & cost
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The MTEL Communication and Literacy Skills test has a Reading subtest (101) of 42 multiple-choice questions and a Writing subtest (201) of 35 multiple-choice questions, 7 short-answer sentence-correction items and 2 open-response assignments (MTEL test page). The qualifying score is 240 on each subtest, and you must take and pass both; a computer-based appointment for one or both subtests is 4 hours 15 minutes in total. This portal's practice set has 84 multiple-choice questions; the written-response items are not scored here. The qualifying score is 240 on each subtest. You must pass both the Reading and Writing subtests; the open-response writing tasks are scored by trained readers, not by this portal. The MTEL test page lists $69.50 for the Reading subtest, $69.50 for the Writing subtest, and $112 for both subtests together. The content outline spreads questions across 12 areas; the largest are Composition Exercise (17.5%); Meaning of Words and Phrases (8.3%); Main Idea and Supporting Details (8.3%). The full list of areas and weights is on the portal exam page. The MTEL test page lists no eligibility requirements; you register through the MTEL program site, agree to the testing rules, and must take and pass both subtests.
MTEL Communication and Literacy Skills exam blueprint
Real domain weighting from the certifying body's own published exam syllabus.
- Meaning of Words and Phrases8.3%
- Main Idea and Supporting Details8.3%
- Writer's Purpose and Point of View8.3%
- Relationships Among Ideas8.3%
- Critical Reasoning8.3%
- Outlining, Summarizing, Graph Interpretation8.3%
- Establish and Maintain a Main Idea7.5%
- Sentence Construction, Grammar, Usage5%
- Spelling, Capitalization, Punctuation5%
- Revise Sentences Containing Errors7.5%
- Summary Exercise7.5%
- Composition Exercise17.5%
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