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Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Queenstown Combos

The Queenstown Combos task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a table. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a brochure. 

This task is a part of the Interpretations of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2007 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Reading and Speaking

Grade Level
3, 7

Question Time

The Question Time task allows students to demonstrate their ability to develop questions that give opportunities for more elaborate replies and information given. Students will complete this task working in groups. The resource required for this task is a photo of a policeman and police women with a police dog.

This task is a part of the Oral Presentations task series from 1996 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Mathematics

Grade Level
3, 7

Quick Way

The Quick Way task allows students to demonstrate their computational strategies and their ability to identify patterns. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator.  Resources required for this task include four pictures.

This task is a part of the Number & Algebra 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Health and Physical Education

Grade Level
3, 7

Racquet Strike

The Racquet Strike task allows students to demonstrate their hitting skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resources required for this task are four cones, a tennis racquet, and a floor plan.

This task is a part of the Movement Concepts & Motor Skills task series from 2006. 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Mathematics

Grade Level
3, 7

Raffle Tickets

The Raffle Tickets task allows students to demonstrate their multiplication skills through an activity involving raffle tickets and calculating cost. Students will complete this task working in stations.  Resources required for this task include three booklets of raffle tickets and an answer booklet.

This task is a part of the Number & Algebra 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Science

Grade Level
3, 7

Raincoats

The Raincoats task allows students to experiment and determine which of four fabrics is best for a raincoat. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include a dropper bottle with water, a clock, paper towels, and four squares of fabric [lining material (Marked A); water-resistant nylon (B); cotton (C); felt (D)].

This task is a part of the Material World task series from 1995 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Art

Grade Level
3, 7

Rainy Day

The Rainy Day task allows students to demonstrate their ability to create and depict an expressive image appropriate to a defined context (rainy day) and a demonstrated print making process. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a demonstration video, a protective cover sheet, paper towels, four sheets of newsprint paper, a blue greasy crayon, a pencil, a card plate, a brayer, a tube of red ink, and an inking plate. This task is to be completed in thirty minutes.

This task is a part of the Making Art task series from 1999. 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Rangi

The Rangi task allows students to demonstrate their ability to read and interpret a street map effectively. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a map, a street list, and a red pencil. 

This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999. 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Music

Grade Level
3, 7

Rappish Chant

The Rappish Chant task allows students to demonstrate their ability to fit words to beat. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a video on a laptop computer, and four word charts, and a special performance card.

This task is a part of the Knowing and Making: Creating, Playing Singing task series from 2008. 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Reading and Speaking

Grade Level
3, 7

Reading Record

The Reading Record task allows students to demonstrate their accuracy of oral reading. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are the Reading Band Indicator Chart, eighteen texts, and six reading bands.

This task is a part of the Oral Reading task series from 1996 by NEMP.

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