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

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
3, 7

World Wide

The World Wide task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of world geography. Students will complete this task working stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer.

This task is a part of the Place and Environment 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
Music

Grade Level
3, 7

World of Music

The World of Music task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify different styles of music. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer.

This task is a part of the Knowing and Responding: Interpreting, Moving, Analyzing, Appreciating 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
Listening & Viewing

Grade Level
3, 7

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.

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

Subject
Listening & Viewing

Grade Level
3, 7

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.

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

Subject
Information Skills

Grade Level
3, 7

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.

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

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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