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Tree Troubles The Tree Troubles task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of value positions. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are an instruction card and an opinion card. This task is a part of the Social Organization 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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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Tryathlon The Tryathlon task allows students to demonstrate their problem solving and computational skills. Students will look at three stop watches showing the swim, bike, and run splits from a triathlon and answer three questions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a stopwatch picture card 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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Tuatua School Electricity The Tuatua School Electricity 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 text and a bar graph . This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1995 by NEMP. |
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Tupac Amaru II This task assesses students' knowledge of the time period of native resistance to Spanish exploration (1700’s)—but rather than measure rote recall of decontextualized facts, this assessment requires students to make connections across time and construct an argument about how events are connected. Students with a strong sense of the time period will explain that Túpac Amaru II led a rebellion against the Spanish, who conquered the Inca Empire under the direction of Francisco Pizarro. A strong response to the second question may explain that Amaru’s rebellion destabilized Spanish control over Peru, partially leading to Spain's defeat in the Peruvian War of Independence. Alternatively, students may identify the call for independence enunciated by Amaru during the rebellion as the inspiration and precursor to the Peruvian War of Independence. Resources available for this task include downloadable PDF versions of both the assessment with source materials, as well as the Rubric containing benchmark descriptors. |
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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: |
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Two Boxes The Two Boxes task allows students to demonstrate their ability to measure boxes and calculate volume. Students will measure two boxes, calculate their volume, and determine which one has the greatest capacity. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are two boxes, a ruler, and a calculator. 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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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. |
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