In order for students to take MCAS on their iPads they will have to be sure that the iPad OS is at least 18.2.1.
Students may need to have as much as 11 GB available to update the iPad.
Students should delete pictures, movies, and apps they are not using for this year's school work.
If there are photos or movies they want to keep they must backup them up to Google Drive. Here are the directions on how to back up movies and photos.
Updates can take a while to download and to install and the iPad should be plugged in during these processes. Students who bring their iPads home should trigger these updates overnight and keep the iPad turned on. Then check to make sure that the update has both downloaded and installed.