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Sports Day The Sports Day task allows students to demonstrate their ability to choose an appropriate communications media for different tasks through a computer program. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a program on a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Technological Knowledge & Understanding task series from 2000 by NEMP. |
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Spot the Dot The Spot the Dot task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of New Zealand geography. 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 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. |
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Spots The Spots task allows students to demonstrate their ability to invent appropriate dialogue to fit a picture. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task is a picture and an answer book. This task is a part of the Expressive Writing task series from 2002. 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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Spreading Seeds The Spreading Seeds task focuses on plant adaptation. In this task students will think about how different types of seeds spread and what is special about each. This task includes ten follow up questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. Resources required for this task are three pictures and bidbid seeds. This task is a part of the Living World 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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Sprint Times The Sprint Times task allows students to demonstrate their ability to place time measurements in order. Students will look at the times on stopwatches that show the 100-meter time of five girls and rank them from first to last. Students will complete this task working one in stations. Resources required for this task include five stickers and an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra 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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Spud Grub The Spud Grub task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of resource conservation and problem solving. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, a photo, and a team answer sheet. This task is a part of the Resources and Economic Activities 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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Stamps The Stamps task allows students to demonstrate their money calculation skills. Students will determine which sheet of stamps costs the most. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are three cards of stamps (of 5, 10, and 20 cents). This task is a part of the Measurement task series from 2001 by NEMP. |
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Stamps of New Zealand The Stamps of New Zealand task allows students to demonstrate their ideas about the symbols and the images that represent distinctive or unique features of the country and society within which they live. Students will complete this task working stations. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Identity and Heritage task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Standard Oil Company This task assesses students' ability to evaluate the relevance of contextual information for determining the motivations of an author. Students must select two facts from a cartoon made by Udo Keppler in 1904, and explain how they shed light on his depiction of Standard Oil. Students with a strong understanding of contextualization will be able to explain how the company's growing control over the oil industry, and Tarbell's muckraking reports on Standard Oil, may have influenced Keppler's depiction. Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment as well as the Rubric with benchmark descriptors. |
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Standing Long Jump The Standing Long Jump task allows students to demonstrate their strength and coordination. Students will complete this task in open space. The resources required for this task are four bibs. This task is a part of the Movement Concepts and Motor Skills task series from 2002. 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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