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Photo Line-Up The Photo Line-Up task allows students to demonstrate their logic skills. Students will arrange twelves pictures of students by height using cue cards. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are a placement mat, twelve picture cards, and four clue cards. 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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Pick a Teddy The Pick a Teddy task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of probability using colored "teddies". Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are a bag of twelve "teddies" and a prompt card. This task is a part of the Statistics 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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Picture Frame The Picture Frame task allows students to demonstrate their measure length and and follow requirements by drawing a frame around a photo. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is a ruler. This task is a part of the Measurements 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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Pizza Lunch The Pizza Lunch task allows students to demonstrate their understanding combinations by determining the number of different meals that can be ordered using pizza toppings and soda flavors. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Statistics 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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Pizza Pieces The Pizza Pieces task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of fractions and how to calculate. In this task students will calculate fractions using pizzas and pizza slices. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are two model pizzas in sections on plates. This task is a part of the Number 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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Place It The Place It task allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of decimal place value through multiple choice questions. 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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Playing with Perimeter The Playing with Perimeter task allows students to demonstrate their ability to calculate perimeter and area. Students will draw three different rectangles with the same perimeter and calculate the area of each. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a ruler and an answer booklet. This task is a part of the Measurement 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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Pointless The Pointless task allows students to demonstrate their number knowledge and their ability of estimation. In this task, students will correctly place the missing decimal point on the picture of a calculator screen. 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 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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Pond-water Populations This task (in PALM and in PALS) focuses on the Balance of Populations in Ecosystems. Students must design and complete an experiment to show how variables affect the growth of organisms in an aquarium or pond setting. This task includes: |
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Population Change The Population Change task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of place value by ordering population sizes. Students will complete this task working in stations. Resources required for this task include a computer program and a laptop computer. 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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