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Alcohol The Alcohol task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of personal safety and the risks and dangers from drinking too much alcohol. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 2006. 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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Algebra & Logic The Algebra & Logic task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of basic algebra and patterns. In this task students do an activity where numbers are input into a "machine" and students must determine the out put number based on the rules. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra task series from 2005. 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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Algebra, Statistics, and Logic Items The Algebra, Statistics, and Logic Items task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of various algebra, statistics, and logic topics through multiple choice and free-response style questions. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Algebra, Statistics, and Logic task series from 1997 by NEMP. |
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Algebra/ Logic Items A The Algebra/ Logic Items A task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of various algebra items through multiple choice and free-response style questions Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Algebra and Statistics 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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Algebra/ Logic Items B The Algebra/ Logic Items B task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of various algebra items through multiple choice and free-response style questions Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Algebra and Statistics 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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Algorithms (Division) The Algorithms (Division) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to divide without using a calculator . Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra task series from 2005. 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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Algorithms (Subtraction) The Algorithms (Subtraction) task allows students to demonstrate their ability to subtract without using a calculator . Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Number & Algebra task series from 2005. 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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Alternate Reality In this task, students will photoshop each others images into their partner schools in order to put themselves in one another's shoes and identify the difficulties they each face. This task includes: |
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Alternate Reality In the Alternate Reality task, students create "false memories" by Photoshopping student images into each others' schools. |
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American Imperialism This task asks students to source and corroborate an editorial from a Nebraska newspaper about overseas expansion. Question 1 asks students to evaluate whether the passage provides enough evidence to draw conclusions about American attitudes about overseas expansion at the time. To answer this question, students must source the document to determine whether the editorial can be thought of as conclusive evidence. Question 2 asks students to evaluate whether additional documents or missing perspectives could be used to corroborate the document. Resources include PDF downloads of the assessment with source materials, and a rubric with benchmark descriptors. |
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