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Anarchism and the Haymarket Affair This task assesses students’ ability to source and corroborate a document. Drawing on knowledge gained by sourcing an excerpt from a 1908 Utah newspaper--which makes claims about the influence that the Haymarket Affair had on the growth of anarchist groups in the United States--students then evaluate it in several ways; Question 1 asks students to evaluate whether the excerpt provides enough evidence to draw conclusions the growth of anarchism in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. To answer this question, students must source the document to determine whether the account can be regarded as conclusive evidence. Question 2 asks students to identify and evaluate whether additional documents or perspectives could be used to corroborate the account. Resources include PDF downloads of the assessment with source materials, and a rubric with benchmark descriptors. |
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Andrew's School The Andrew's School task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of bullying and how to stop it. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a video recording and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Relationships with Other People 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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Angle Measures The Angle Measures task allows students to demonstrate their ability to measure angles with a protractor. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a protractor. This task is a part of the Geometry task series from 2005 by NEMP. |
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Angles The Angles task allows students to demonstrate their ability to calculate and estimate angles. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Geometry 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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Animal Adaptation - Spider In the Animal Adaptation - Spider task, students will look at a picture of a spider and describe the parts of the spider that help it to survive. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task are a picture of a spider and a recording book. 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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Animal Adaptations - Praying Mantis The Animal Adaptations - Praying Mantis task allows students to observe and describe the structural features of a praying mantis that are considered to be adaptive features with survival value. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture of a praying mantis. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Animal Adaptations - Snail The Animal Adaptations - Snail task allows students to observe and describe the structural features of a snail that are considered to be adaptive features with survival value. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture of a snail. This task is a part of the Living World task series from 1999 by NEMP. |
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Animal Add Ups The Animal Add Ups task allows students to demonstrate their ability to construct a tally and a bar graph. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are an animal card, a ruler, a table, and a clank grid 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. |
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Another Way The Another Way task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of both simplified and mixed fractions. In this task students will look at a fraction and write it in another way. 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 by NEMP. |
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Any Good? The Any Good? task allows students to demonstrate their ability to evaluate design and select adaptations. Students will look at a drawing of a computer chair and will discuss the good features and the areas that could be improved. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are This task is a part of the Technological Capabilities task series from 2004 by NEMP. |
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