Resource Center

McCann Associates hopes to serve as a valuable source of information for all of our customers. The Resource Center acts as a gateway to free resources that will help our patrons build their knowledge and skills in various spheres. As they become available, the Resource Center will offer tools, tips, updates, and other resources that address various assessment, certification, and diagnostic needs in private and public organizations.

Be sure to check back often as we will publish white papers, research, and other valuable material periodically. This page will be regularly updated with items from our most recent webinars, as well as beneficial content from around the Web.

Articles of Interest

Here are just a few recent articles that have caught our eye. We hope you find them as noteworthy as we did! We’ll update with more notables as we find them.

• ‘Adrift’ in Adulthood: Students Who Struggled in College Find Life Harsher After Graduation – The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 25, 2012
• The “Personalization” of Higher Education – Center for American Progress, October 24, 2011
• Testing Ground: How Florida Schools and College Are Using a New Assessment to Increase College Readiness – Jobs for the Future, September 2011
• The Remedial Ph.D. — Inside Higher Ed, August 5, 2011
• Technology and Teaching — Inside Higher Ed, July 25, 2011
• Students Struggle for Words: Business Schools Put More Emphasis on Writing Amid Employer Complaints — Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2011
• Many college students lack critical thinking, study says — Centre Daily Times, January 19, 2011
• Getting Past Go:  Rebuilding the Remedial Education Bridge to College Success — Getting Past Go, May 2010

 

Public Safety Resources

Candidate Resources: Test preparation materials. If you are a candidate for an upcoming public safety test, please contact your local department, municipality, and/or personnel agency for more information about the test date and location.

Study Guides for Written Tests

Entry Level:

• Police Officer Study Guide
• Firefighter 100 Study Guide
• Firefighter M-100 Study Guide
• Dispatcher Study Guide
• Medic Study Guide
• EMP Study Guide

Promotional:

• Police Promotion Study Guide
• Fire Promotion Study Guide
• Generic Study Guide – All Ranks

Client Resources

Here you can find all of the ancillary materials needed to conduct a McCann Associates public safety examination. You must have a password to access these resources.
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Webinars

Product Demonstration Videos