Students take the reading and math MCA tests in third through eighth grades and once in high school. ADVERTISEMENTBut, while MCA scores provide progress information to schools, Rodriguez said he doesn’t think individual scores should be the information parents receive when it comes to how their student is doing. “You can look at the average, but the average doesn’t really tell you much about the variation in lots of schools,” Rodriguez said. Those English learners, their reading scores grow faster than anybody else. Rodriguez said parents should ask their students how their experience was with the test.