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

Subject
Technology

Grade Level
3, 7

Toys

The Toys task allows students to demonstrate their ability to investigate and evaluate design. Students will look at several toys and answer questions about them. Students will complete this task working in groups. The resources required for this task are five toys, four team badges, two pictures, and two cards.

This task is a part of the Technology & Society 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
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Train Tickets

The Train Tickets task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a timetable for a train system. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a timetable in a recording book.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2003 by NEMP.

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

Subject
Mathematics

Grade Level
3, 7

Train Trucks

The Train Trucks task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of patterns and sequences. using train trucks. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a yellow/blue train, a red/green train, and a garage.

This task is a part of the Algebra and Statistics 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.

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

Subject
Mathematics

Grade Level
3, 7

Trapezium

The Trapezium task allows students to demonstrate their ability to create geometry shapes.  Students will draw different ways they can make a trapezium using trapeziums, triangles, and parallelograms. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are three shapes (red trapezium, green triangle, blue parallelogram). 

This task is a part of the Geometry task series from 2005. 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

Traveling to School

The Traveling to School task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret graphs and make predictions. Students will look at a graph that depicts how children get to school and answer questions about it. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a graph.

This task is a part of the Statistics 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
Technology

Grade Level
3, 7

Treasure Find

The Treasure Find task allows students to demonstrate their ability to follow directs and computer skills. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a Macintosh Powerbook 5300CS laptop computer with program Hypercard® Player, headphones, a mouse, and the Hypercard® documents Mac Moves (as an introductory exercise) and Treasure Hunt.

This task is a part of the Using Computers Ideas from 1996 by NEMP. 

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

Subject
Mathematics

Grade Level
3, 7

Treasure Island

In the Treasure Island task, students will use coordinates and cardinal directions to navigate on a map. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. 

This task is a part of the Geometry task series from 1997 by NEMP. 

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Treats for Tori

The Treats for Tori task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a line graph. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resource required for this task. 

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
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
3, 7

Treaty

The Treaty task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the history, purpose, and implications of the Treaty of Waitangi. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a picture of the treaty signing.

This task is a part of the Culture and Heritage 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.

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Triathlon

The Triathlon 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 picture from a Weetbix packet.

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.

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