Home AVID Career & Technical Education Career in Education Center Staff Resources Contact Us Curriculum / Content Areas Diagnostic Assessment Document Directory Excel Program Gifted Services Historians in the Schools In-Service Credit Approval MN State Standards Professional Development Program Evaluation and Data Coaching Services Proj. for Academic Excellence Read 180 Secondary Education Work Sampling System Site Map PRINT THIS www.spps.org Home >  Curriculum / Content Areas >  Science >   SCIENCE MCA-II    SCIENCE MCA-II In this section, you will find SPPS test prepartion Documents, and Links to MDE Test Specs.  MCA II Test Specifications   MN Department of Education MCA II Test Specifications  SPPS Elementary Frameworks with MCA-II Test Specs.   SPPS Frameworks with the MCA-II Test Specs including the assessed content limits for each of the benchmarks.  Science MCA-II Test Item Samplers   Access to Science MCA-II Item Samplers for 5th grade, 8th grade and high school with a description on how to download them to your computer.  Strategies_for_Sci_MCA_II_7-12_.doc   Strategies for Student Effectiveness on the Science MCA II Secondary  Strategies_for_Sci_MCA_II_7-12_.pdf   Strategies for Student Effectiveness on the Science MCA II Secondary.pdf  Strategies_for_Student_Effectiveness_on_the_Science_MCA-II_Elem.pdf    Strategies_for_Student_Effectiveness_on_the_Science_MCA-II_Elem.doc   These documents provide examples on how to embed MCA-II prep into daily instruction, how to use test item samplers for test prep and links to online resources through the SPPS Science Website  SCI_MCAII.ppt   PowerPoint to assist schools with Science MCA-II Preparation  SCI_MCAII_principals_and_coaches.ppt   Shortened version of SCI_MCAII presented to principals and coaches Professional development services are supported through the generosity of  SPPS Office of Instructional Services, the Medtronic Foundation, and 3M.