The Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure are examinations of educators’ proficiency in teaching their subject of expertise. Successfully passing the MTEL Middle School Mathematics exam earns the examinee the certification to teach math courses for middle school students. The test itself is computer based, contains 100 multiple-choice questions, and 2 open-response questions. This exam lasts 4 hours, and is made up of 6 content domains: (I) Number Sense and Operations, (II) Patterns, Relations, and Algebra, (III) Geometry and Measurement, (IV) Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, (V) Trigonometry, Calculus and Discrete Mathematics, and (VI) Integration of Knowledge and Understanding.
