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MCA II tools you can use
The Office of Community Relations (OCR) has put together a toolkit for use at school sites.  Elements from the toolkit were delivered in March and certain items are available below electronically.

Tool #1 - POSTERS
Posters to be displayed throughout schools.  If you have extras, please consider posting them at a location near your school community (community centers, laundry matts, grocery stores, etc.).  NOTE:  The OCR is distributing posters to public libraries and their  homework centers.

Poster 11x17       Poster 8.5x11

Tool #2 – NEWSLETTER TEMPLATES
Text with testing tips to be used in your school  newsletter (translated).

Templates

Tool #3 – TV BULLETIN BOARD
A electronic slide to post on your closed-circuit TV to raise awareness around the testing.

Electronic Slide

Tool #4 – PIONEER PRESS/SPPS TESTING GUIDE
A 48-page Testing Guide was delivered to SPPS schools on March 10, 2008.    The guide is offered free of charge and was available to the general public in the Sunday, March 9th Pioneer Press.

Online Testing Guide

Tool #5 – LETTER TO FAMILIES
A letter (in four languages) was mailed to all families in February.

Letter




Get Acrobat Reader  MCAposter1.pdf  
Get Acrobat Reader  MCA_poster2.pdf  
 NewsletterTips.doc  
 REAltrFeb.doc  
 TV_Slide.jpg  
 MCA-II_Key_Msgs.doc  

Key Messages
Click here for key messages for all schools and staff involved in MCA-II testing.

MCA-II Test Samples
Item samplers (MCA-II test samples) provided by the Minnesota Department of Education are meant to familiarize students with the format of a test. Click here to view the samples that are available by subject and grade.