Knowing about the MCA's and their plans for future tests in other grades, it was easy for me to extrapolate what kind of a test this was and that it would in no way benefit my daughter. Even the school board did not know they were being given. I am very sorry that this letter did not get to the parents in this state before their children started testing this week. The parents of about 150 Minnesota students, without even knowing all the facts that I just mentioned, chose to not allow their 3rd and 5th grade children to take the MCA's or offered to have them take a nationally norm-referenced test such as an Iowa Test of Basic Skills or a California Achievement Test instead. Our children have been practice testing for weeks to take these tests.
Teachers have to give up their valuable class time.
Ask yourself this question.