MCA Reports for Schools & ParentsAccountability Programs : Minnesota Department of Education

MCA Reports for Schools & Parents

MCA Reports for Schools & Parents

This section contains examples of reports for schools, districts and parents, including the Individual Student Report.  For help interpreting these reports please see the Interpretive Guide available below. Summary test data for schools and districts is located in the Data Downloads section of the MDE website.

Achievement Level Descriptors (ALDs) from the Individual Student Reports for reading, mathematics and science are provided below. Developed by panels of Minnesota teachers, ALDs are general descriptions of achievement at the four achievement levels for the Minnesota Academic Standards. Translations in nine languages are provided for parents whose second language is English.  

Reading and Mathematics ALDs
These individual ALDs can be downloaded by grade and subject.  If you are familiar with using Zip files and would prefer to download one file containing all the reading and mathematics ALDs, download the Reading-Math Zip archive file.

Grade 3 Reading - English version. Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.
Grade 3 Mathematics - English version. Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.

Grade 4 Reading - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.
Grade 4 Mathematics - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.

Grade 5 Reading - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.
Grade 5 Mathematics - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.

Grade 6 Reading - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.
Grade 6 Mathematics - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.

Grade 7 Reading - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.
Grade 7 Mathematics - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.

Grade 8 Reading - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.
Grade 8 Mathematics - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.

Grade 10 Reading - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.

Grade 11 Mathematics - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.

Science ALDs
These individual ALDs can be downloaded by grade and subject, or you may download the Science Zip archive file.

Grade 5 Science - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.
Grade 8 Science - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.
High School Science - English version.  Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese.

2007-08 Minnesota Assessments: Interpretive Guide  3Mb (7/15/08)
     A guide to help educators and parents understand the results of the 2007-08 Minnesota assessments. The guide includes a description of the Individual Student Report (ISR) as well as guidance on interpreting test data.
Individual Student Report (ISR) Sample: Math and Reading MCA-II  33Kb (8/4/08)
     An example of the report sent to parents. The mock-up does not contain actual data.
Individual Student Report (ISR) Sample: Science MCA-II  37Kb (8/28/08)
     An example of the report sent to parents. The mock-up does not contain actual data.
Individual Student Report (ISR) Samples: Reading MCA-II/GRAD  49Kb (8/6/08)
     Examples of the report sent to parents. The mock-ups do not contain actual data.