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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.

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

Subject
Art

Grade Level
3, 7

Triceratops Pencil Drawing

The Triceratops Pencil Drawing task allows students to demonstrate their ability to use drawing processes to describe the main features and form of a displayed object. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a model triceratops, a block, a pencil, paper, and a drawing board. This task should be completed in thirty minutes.

This task is a part of the Making Art 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

Tripping Around

The Tripping Around task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a map showing driving distances between towns and cities. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a map.

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
Science

Grade Level
3

Truck Track

The Truck Track task allows students to plan, carry out and report results for an experiment involving a toy truck launched down a ramp with varying slope. Students will then extrapolate and interpret their results. Students will complete this task working in teams.  Resources required for this task include a toy truck, a track, a cloth, five corks (one hidden), one meter folding ruler, and an instruction card.

This task is a part of the Physical World 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
The Historical Thinking Project (Canada)

Subject
History/Social Studies

Grade Level
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Two Accounts of the Fall of New France

In this task, students will interpret two accounts of how the fall of New France in order to learn about competing narratives.

This task includes:
1. Task Description
2. Additional Resources: Detailed lesson plan, handout, student responses

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

Subject
Art

Grade Level
3, 7

Two Paintings (1999)

The Two Paintings (1999) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to describe and interpret imagery and art making information in observed pictures, and express a personal response. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are photographs.

This task is a part of the Responding to 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
Art

Grade Level
3, 7

Two Sculptures

The Two Sculptures task allows students to demonstrate their ability to describe and interpret imagery and art making information in observed sculptures, and express a personal response. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording and photographs.

This task is a part of the Responding to Art task series from 1995 by NEMP. 

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