Math and Reading MCA-II assessments were up slightly in 2008,
according to results from the Minnesota Department of Education.
Minnesota students made the biggest gains in 10th-grade reading,
with a 9 percent increase. In Stevens County, at Morris Area, a
significant majority of students met or exceeded the MCA-II
standards in math and reading in all but one grade level. Morris
Area students who met or exceeded the reading standards ranged
from 65.5 percent in sixth grade to 82.8 percent in fourth
grade. In math, Morris Area students meeting or exceeding the
standards ranged from 62.5 percent in eighth grade to 82.6
percent in third grade. The 11th grade math percentage of 49.3
percent was the only one which failed to exceed 60 percent.
Excepting 11th-grade math, Chokio-Alberta's math percentages
ranged from 64.3 percent meeting or exceeding standards in fifth
grade to 100 percent in third grade. The 11th graders meeting or
exceeding standards were 54.5 percent. C-A reading percentages
meeting or exceeding st