MTEL Digital Literacy and Computer Science (71) Study Guide 2026–2027 | Massachusetts Teacher Certification Exam Prep

Study guide for the MTEL Digital Literacy and Computer Science (71) test, required for the Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science teaching license, with content review of every subarea, 200 practice questions, and open-response preparation.

What's Inside:

• Computing and Society: online safety and security, privacy, cyberbullying, CIPA, COPPA and FERPA, copyright, fair use, Creative Commons and open-source licenses, the digital divide, and assistive technology
• Digital Tools and Collaboration: productivity software and spreadsheet formulas, file types and multimedia, collaboration and cloud tools, advanced searching, evaluating sources, and citation
• Computing Systems: hardware and the memory hierarchy, operating systems, troubleshooting, sensors and robots, network types, topologies, protocols, security, and quality of service
• Computational Thinking: decomposition and abstraction, iterative and recursive algorithms, searching and sorting, Big O, binary, hexadecimal and ASCII, databases and SQL, modeling and simulation, programming concepts, object-oriented design, testing and debugging
• Open-response preparation for both written assignments, with a sample pseudocode solution and testing plan
• 2 full-length practice tests with 200 multiple-choice questions, weighted like the official subareas, including pseudocode tracing items
• Detailed answer explanations for every question
• Code blocks, flowcharts, tables and charts throughout the content review
• Exam overview with the official test design, study schedules, FAQs, and test-taking strategies

Format:

• Digital PDF, instant download
• Printable US Letter pages

This is an independent study resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education or Pearson Education, Inc.