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Worm Farm The Worm Farm task allows students to demonstrate their ability to note take and summarize. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are two information cards about worms. This task is a part of the Analyzing and Using Information task series from 2001. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Zak The Zak task allows students to demonstrate their ability to match dialogue to pictures and to draw appropriate conclusions. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are five pictures, an audio recording, and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Listening task series from 2006 by NEMP. |
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Zippos The Zippos task allows students to demonstrate their ability to recall information, draw appropriate conclusions, and represent information visually. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are an audio recording and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Listening task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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Zoo Trip The Zoo Trip task allows students to demonstrate their ability to find information on a website. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program, a laptop computer, and an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Finding and Gathering Information task series from 2009. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Zzz The Zzz task allows students to demonstrate their ability to construct a graph. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a bar graph in a recording book and a ruler. This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2003 by NEMP. |
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