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Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Listening & Viewing

Grade Level
3, 7

Fish n' Chips

The Fish n' Chips task allows students to demonstrate their ability to recall and present information. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a video of TV news item about fish and chips.

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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Listening & Viewing

Grade Level
3, 7

Follow Me

The Follow Me task allows students to demonstrate their ability to recall and follow instructions. Students will complete this task working independently. The resources required for this task are a "drawing" answer sheet, a red marker pen, a tangram set, a "shapes" answer sheet, and a glue stick.

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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Listening & Viewing

Grade Level
3, 7

Giant Weta and Giant Dragonfly

The Giant Weta and Giant Dragonfly task allows students to demonstrate their ability to obtain and analyze visual information. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are two pictures and a recording book.

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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Listening & Viewing

Grade Level
3, 7

Hoyts Answer Phone

The Hoyts Answer Phone task allows students to demonstrate their ability to recall audio information. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is an audio answer phone message presented on a videotape.

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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Listening & Viewing

Grade Level
3, 7

It's Cool to Read

The It's Cool to Read task allows students to demonstrate their ability to identify persuasive images. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are nine pictures.

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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Listening & Viewing

Grade Level
3, 7

Leonard King

The Leonard King task allows students to demonstrate their ability to listen for specific information.  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. 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.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Listening & Viewing

Grade Level
7

Lexis

The Lexis task allows students to demonstrate their ability to understand and follow instructions.  Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer game and a laptop computer.

This task is a part of the Listening task series from 2002 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Listening & Viewing

Grade Level
3, 7

Line Up

The Line Up task allows students to demonstrate their ability to follow instructions and think logically.  Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a computer program and a laptop computer.

This task is a part of the Listening task series from 2002 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Listening & Viewing

Grade Level
3, 7

Little Poems

The Little Poems task allows students to demonstrate their ability to comprehend meaning in poems. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. 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 2006 by NEMP.

Source
National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement (NMSSA, New Zealand)

Subject
Listening & Viewing

Grade Level
3, 7

Looking Around

The Looking Around task allows students to demonstrate their ability evaluate the effectiveness of visual messages. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resources required for this task are photographs of seven signs or posters.

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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