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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Letter Rates

The Letter Rates task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a postage rate chart. Students will complete this task working in one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a domestic letter rate chart and four letters addressed within New Zealand.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1995 by NEMP.

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Mini Golf

The Mini Golf task allows students to demonstrate their ability to construct a table. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a ruler .

This task is a part of the Construction of Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2007. 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

Movie Prices

The Movie Prices task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a price and time table. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a price and time table.

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
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Museum Floor Plan

The Museum Floor Plan task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a museum floor plan using a key. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a floor plan and a key.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1995 by NEMP.

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

On the Bus

The On the Bus task allows students to demonstrate their ability to read a timetable. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a table in a work book.

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

Pirate Map

The Pirate Map task allows students to demonstrate their ability to make a map. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a ruler and a map in a work book.

This task is a part of the Construction of Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2007. 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

Pirate Treasure

The Pirate Treasure task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a map, including a grid reference, and record responses on the computer. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer, a mouse, a mouse pad, headphones, and the Hypercard program. 

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

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Playground Map

The Playground Map task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a map. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a red pen and a map in a recording book.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps 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.

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Pocket Money

The Pocket Money task allows students to demonstrate their ability to label a four segment pie graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a laptop computer, a mouse, a mouse pad, headphones, and the Hypercard program.

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

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Population Change

The Population Change task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a bar graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a laptop computer and task software.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps 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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