MCAS writing practice, built like the real test.
Built for the redesigned 2027 tests: generate the new 5-point extended-response items for grades 3 to 8, the 8-point essay for grades 6 to 8, and the unchanged grade 10 essay, each with the official DESE rubric word for word and directions in DESE’s released format. When students finish, EnlightenAI grades every response against the same official rubric in minutes.
Build an MCAS writing task.
Pick a grade and writing task, choose a topic, and generate the full package: a passage, the prompt in DESE’s format with the stated length expectation, the official rubric, and an exemplar. Grades 3 to 5 build the new extended-response items; grades 6 to 8 build essays or extended responses; grade 10 keeps its paired-passage essay.
Choose a topic
Pick a curated topic or write your own. The extended response is the new short writing item for 2027: one to two paragraphs, worth 5 points.
Why use generated MCAS practice tests?
Released questions are the official gold standard, and every task here is anchored to them. But states release only a handful, and students eventually know them. Generated practice tests keep the exact format and scoring while giving students fresh practice questions all year.
Released MCAS items
- Official items, the anchor for everything on this page
- Limited number released each year
- Students may have seen them in class already
- Same prompts for every classroom
Generated practice tests
- Unlimited fresh prompts in the released format
- New practice questions on every click
- Same task structure, directions, and official rubric
- Built for ongoing exam prep, not one mock test
Scored with the official MCAS writing rubrics from DESE.
Four rubrics for 2027, published by DESE in August 2026: extended response (Written Expression 0–3 plus Conventions 0–2) for grades 3–5 and 6–8, and the essay rubric (Idea Development 0–5 plus Conventions 0–3) for grades 6–8 and grade 10. Every descriptor in this generator is DESE’s wording.
MCAS writing, answered.
What is changing on the MCAS ELA test in 2027?
What is the new MCAS extended-response (ER) question?
How are the 2027 MCAS essays scored?
Is narrative writing still on MCAS?
Is the grade 10 MCAS ELA test changing?
When do the new MCAS practice tests come out?
How does this generator stay faithful to the redesigned test?
Can AI grade MCAS writing?
Is this MCAS practice test generator free?
Why teachers use AI grading after MCAS practice tests.
Generating the practice is the easy half. Grading thirty essays against the official rubric is where the weekend goes. EnlightenAI scores responses against the same rubric with per-criterion feedback, so practice becomes a feedback loop instead of a grading backlog.
0.77 QWK with teachers
In a study with DREAM Charter Schools, EnlightenAI plus a teacher scored 0.77 quadratic weighted kappa agreement, versus 0.52 for two teachers scoring independently.
70% exact score match
On the New York Regents dataset, EnlightenAI matched the training teacher’s exact score 70% of the time, and landed within one point the rest of the time.
From a real classroom
“Grading, once my most dreaded task, became faster and far more efficient. With EnlightenAI handling the bulk of the grading, I was free to focus on what mattered most: meaningful instruction with my students.” Melynda Brown, 6th Grade Humanities, Delta Schools
Grade MCAS writing in EnlightenAI.
Train EnlightenAI on the official DESE rubric, then grade every practice essay with per-criterion feedback. What used to take a weekend now takes a single class period.