Title I Assessments
Standards-Based Accountability Assessments
The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA) and alternate assessment Minnesota Test of Academic Skills (MTAS) are the state tests that help districts measure student progress toward Minnesota’s academic standards and also meet the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Students take one test in each subject. Most students take the MCA, but students who receive special education services and meet eligibility requirements may take the alternate assessment MTAS instead. The list below gives the tests available for each subject, with grades given in parentheses behind each test.
Reading: MCA (grades 3-8, 10) or MTAS (grades 3-8, 10)
Mathematics: MCA (grades 3-8, 11 or MTAS (grades 3-8, 11)
Science: MCA or MTAS (grades 5, 8 and High School)
Parent Fact Sheets
Answers to frequently asked questions about the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA), Minnesota Test of Academic Skills (MTAS), and graduation assessment requirements are available in a downloadable and printable Parent Fact Sheets. A test preparation fact sheet is also available.
Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)
MAP Tests are administered to students in grades Kindergarten – Grade 11 at least two times a year in the Fisher District. The assessment subjects are mathematics and reading. The MAP results provide teachers and parents with valuable information about how students are progressing in achieving proficiency in the required Minnesota Academic Standards. Students take MAP tests online and receive results immediately. Within a week, teachers and parents receive detailed information about areas of strength and weaknesses. The teachers use MAP results to target their instruction and help all students achieve proficiency.
Tathmini ya Minnesota ya Uwezo wa Kiadabu (MTA) ni mtihani wa kitaifa wa kitaaluma unaoweza kusaidia wilaya kupima maendeleo ya wanafunzi kuelekea viwango vya kitaaluma vya Minnesota na pia kukidhi mahitaji ya Sheria ya Elimu ya Msingi na Sekondari. Wanafunzi hufanya mtihani mmoja katika kila somo. Wanafunzi wengi kuchukua MCA, lakini wanafunzi ambao kupokea huduma za elimu maalum na kukidhi mahitaji ya kustahili inaweza kuchukua tathmini mbadala MTAS badala yake. Orodha iliyo hapa chini inatoa vipimo vinavyopatikana kwa kila somo, na alama zinazotolewa katika mabano nyuma ya kila mtihani. MTA (Grades 3-8, 10), MTA (Grades 3-8, 11) na MTA (Grades 3-8, 11) ni masomo ya msingi ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari ya shule ya sekondari. Karatasi ya habari ya maandalizi ya mtihani inapatikana pia. Northwest Tathmini Association (NWA) Vipimo vya Maendeleo ya Kiadimu (MAP) MAP vipimo ni kusimamiwa kwa wanafunzi katika darasa la Kindergarten hadi darasa la 11 angalau mara mbili kwa mwaka katika Wilaya ya Fisher. Masomo ya tathmini ni hisabati na kusoma. Matokeo ya MAP hutoa walimu na wazazi habari muhimu kuhusu jinsi wanafunzi wanavyoendelea kufikia ustadi katika Viwango vya Chuo cha Minnesota vinavyohitajika. Wanafunzi huchukua vipimo vya MAP mtandaoni na kupokea matokeo mara moja. Katika muda wa juma moja, walimu na wazazi hupokea habari za kina kuhusu mambo yenye nguvu na yasiyo na nguvu. Walimu hutumia matokeo ya MAP kulenga mafundisho yao na kusaidia wanafunzi wote kufikia ustadi.