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Video Recorder The Video Recorder task allows students to demonstrate their ability to relate am and pm times to a twenty-four hour clock times. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Measurement 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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Vocal Sizzle (1996) The Vocal Sizzle (1996) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to listen to and imitate singing. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are audio tracks and a laptop computer. 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. |
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Wall Paint The Wall Paint task allows students to demonstrate their ability to measure area. Students will be told the amount of paint needed to paint a wall and will be asked to calculate the amount of paint needed to calculate a wall with doubled dimensions. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Measurement 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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Wallies The Wallies task allows students to demonstrate their ability to estimate by estimating the number of "Wallies" in a picture. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a picture of "Wallies" and a recording book. This task is a part of the Number task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Warriors and Soldiers The Warriors and Soldiers task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify and describe the features and meanings of sculptures. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are two pictures. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2003. 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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Water The Water task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use book covers to identify an appropriate book, find the appropriate page numbers using the indexes, and use the tables of content to identify which chapters to look in. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are book covers, tables of contents and indexes for three books, and a card listing questions. This task is a part of the Identifying Appropriate Sources of Information task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Water Only Kids The Water Only Kids task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of why schools have rules that everyone needs to follow. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Social Organization 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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Way Out There The Way Out There task allows students to learn about the Earth, moon, and comets in the solar system. Students will look at a picture taken of Earth from outer space, a comet seen in the night sky, and the moon on different nights. They will answer a question about each picture. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task include three pictures. This task is a part of the Planet Earth and Beyond World task series by NEMP from 2007. |
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We Need a Leader The We Need a Leader task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of leadership needs and approaches. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Social Organization 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. |
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Wearable Arts The Wearable Arts task allows students to demonstrate their ability to form and explain a personal response to artists’ works and consider artists’ intentions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video on a laptop computer and two pictures. This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 2003 by NEMP. |
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