MCA Preparation Materials for Students and Families

Dear educators,

 

The MCAs begin this month for Minnesota students and Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) has been working to help students prepare. We will be promoting the “MPS MCA Ready” campaign to help our teachers, parents and students get ready for the assessments.

 

We want to do all that we can to provide all students with the resources and tools they need to realize their academic potential. We also want students to feel ready for the MCAs. It is important that we provide preparation resources to all families to support positive test-tasking habits and skills.

 

Please share these resources with your students and their families. The enclosed booklet includes test-taking tips to help students and parents successfully prepare for and navigate the assessments – both at home and in school. We’ve also included a short article/email that you could email or send home to families.

 

Booklet: The booklet gives information to families about what MPS teachers, parents and students can do to prepare for the MCAs.	Article: The article/email gives an introduction to the MPS MCA Ready booklet.
English MPS MCA Ready! Hmong MPS Npaj Tau Txaus Rau MCA! Somali MPS waxay diyaar u yihiin MCA! Spanish ¡MPS listo para los MCA!	English (body of the website) Hmong Somali Spanish

 

As a public school system, we believe every assessment can be a piece of valuable information about a student. We know the MCAs are just one of the many tools teachers and parents use to communicate about students' academic strengths and needs.

 

As inventor and scientist Alexander Graham Bell said, “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” MPS invites staff, students and families to work as partners in the success of all students. The more we know about where students are academically, the more intentionally we can respond to their needs.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Bernadeia H. Johnson, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools