Articles written by Gary Marvin Davison

Gary Marvin Davison, Star Tribune|Apr 24, 2013

Let’s all think hard about what is truly behind the probable demise of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments. The MCAs are the key assessment component of the system of accountability that has governed our public schools for the last decade. Each April, MCAs in math and reading are given for grades three through eight. The results are reported to students and their families, but are not as a rule used to determine whether a child moves to the next grade level. At the high school level, two a...