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Bedroom Plan The Bedroom Plan task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a bedroom plan. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a laminated plan. This task is a part of the Viewing 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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Book Cover The Book Cover task allows students to demonstrate their ability to evaluate visual design features. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are two book covers. This task is a part of the Viewing 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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Breakfast Foods The Breakfast Foods task allows students to demonstrate their ability to critically evaluate advertisements. 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 Viewing task series from 2006 by NEMP. |
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Butterfly or Moth? The Butterfly or Moth? task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify differences and similarities. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video recording and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Listening task series from 2006 by NEMP. |
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Call for Help The Call for Help task allows students to demonstrate their ability to recall and sequence instructions. 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 Listening 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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Cats Sleep Anywhere The Cats Sleep Anywhere task allows students to demonstrate their ability to follow instructions. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are an audio recording and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Listening 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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Class Instructions The Class Instructions task allows students to demonstrate their ability to recall and interpret instructions. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a video. This task is a part of the Listening task series from 1998. 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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Coca Cola The Coca Cola task allows students to demonstrate their ability to think critically about the intentions of visual messages. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a poster and three stickers. This task is a part of the Viewing task series from 1998. 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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Color Cat The Color Cat task allows students to demonstrate their ability to understand and follow instructions through a cat coloring sheet. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video recording, a laptop computer, colored pencils, and an answer sheet. This task is a part of the Listening 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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Drummer Dylan The Drummer Dylan task allows students to demonstrate their ability to comprehend news clips and think critically. 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 Listening task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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