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Massachusetts Department of Education (MCAS)

Organization

Entity Summary

Entity ID
ENT-MASSACHUSETT
Type
Organization

Roles
Deployer
Sectors
Incidents
1

First Incident
2025-09

Incident Activity

Incidents Involved as Developer/Deployer (1)

Incident ID Title Severity Date
INC-25-0043 AI Grading Errors — Connecticut Students Petition After Misscoring, MCAS Glitch Affects 1,400 Students high 2025-09

Context & Analysis

Massachusetts Department of Education (MCAS) appears in 1 documented incident spanning September 2025. 100% of incidents are rated critical or high severity. The dominant threat domain is Human-AI Control (1 incident). The most common pattern is Automation Bias in AI: Definition, Examples, and Prevention, appearing in 1 incident.

Threat Domains

Frequently Asked Questions

What AI incidents involve Massachusetts Department of Education (MCAS), and what role did it play?

Massachusetts Department of Education (MCAS) appeared as deployer in 1 incident. Key incidents include: INC-25-0043 AI Grading Errors — Connecticut Students Petition After Misscoring, MCAS Glitch Affects 1,400 Students (high severity, 2025-09) .

Which AI threat patterns involve Massachusetts Department of Education (MCAS)?

Massachusetts Department of Education (MCAS)'s incidents involve Automation Bias in AI: Definition, Examples, and Prevention . These are part of a taxonomy of 49 patterns across 8 domains.

Use in Retrieval

Massachusetts Department of Education (MCAS) (ENT-MASSACHUSETT) is documented at /entities/massachusetts-department-of-education-mcas/ as an organization in the TopAIThreats.com database.

Incidents span 1 domain: Human-AI Control.

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