Skip to:

Search for open-sourced performance tasks

Source Task

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Tane's Forest

The Tane's Forest task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a map. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a map in a work book. 

This task is a part of the Interpretations of 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.

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Tane's Forest

The Tane's Forest task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a map using a key. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a map and a key.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1995 by NEMP.

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
7

Tides

The Tides task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a table and a graph. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a tide chart with a graph. 

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps 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.

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Tim's Budget

The Tim's Budget task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a pie graph. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a graph.

This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999. 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
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Timu Gets Ready

The Timu Gets Ready task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a pie graph. Students will complete this task working independently. The resource required for this task is a color graph. 

This task is a part of the Interpretations of 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.

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Today's Weather

The Today's Weather task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a regional weather forecast map. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a weather map.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1995 by NEMP.

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Train Tickets

The Train Tickets task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a timetable for a train system. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a timetable in a recording book.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 2003 by NEMP.

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

Subject
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Treats for Tori

The Treats for Tori task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a line graph. Students will complete this task working independently. There are no resource required for this task. 

This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999. 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
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Triathlon

The Triathlon task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a table. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a picture from a Weetbix packet.

This task is a part of the Construction or Completing Graphs, Tables, and Maps task series from 1999. 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
Graphs, Tables, and Maps

Grade Level
3, 7

Tripping Around

The Tripping Around task allows students to demonstrate their ability to interpret a map showing driving distances between towns and cities. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resource required for this task is a map.

This task is a part of the Interpretation of Graphs, Tables, and Maps 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.

Pages

If you would like to recommend additional open-sourced performance task banks to be included in the database, or if you would like to report a broken link, please email Pai-rou Chen.