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2003 TIMSS Grade 8 Mathematics Set The 2003 TIMSS Grade 8 Mathematics Set covers the content domains of patterns and relationships, geometry, data, measurement, and number, and cognitive domains of knowing facts and procedures, using concepts, solving routine problems, and reasoning. This task includes:
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2003 TIMSS Grade 8 Science Set The 2003 TIMSS Grade 8 Science Set covers the content domains of life science, chemistry, physics, environmental science, and Earth science, and the cognitive domains of factual knowledge, conceptual understanding, and reasoning and analysis. This task includes:
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2006 PIRLS Assessment The 2006 PIRLS Assessment contains 4 reading passages and 51 test questions with their answers. Two of the reading passages were used to assess students’ reading for literary experience, and two were used to assess students' reading to acquired and use information.
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2007 Information and Communication Technology Specimen Paper 1 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2007 Information and Communication Technology Specimen Paper 1 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and contains a free-response question. The assessment tests students' (1) practical skills and (2) knowledge and understanding. This assessment includes:
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2007 Information and Communication Technology Specimen Paper 2 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2007 Information and Communication Technology Specimen Paper 2 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and a contains free-response question. The assessment tests students' (1) practical skills and (2) knowledge and understanding. This assessment includes:
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2008 TIMSS Advanced Mathematics Set The 2008 TIMSS Advanced Mathematics Set covers the content domains of geometry, algebra, and calculus, and the cognitive domains of knowing, reasoning, and applying. This task includes:
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2008 TIMSS Advanced Physics Set The 2008 TIMSS Advanced Physics Set covers the content domains of heat and temperature, electricity and magnetism, atomic and nuclear physics, and mechanics, and the cognitive domains of knowing, reasoning, and applying. This task includes:
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2009 Reading Questions The 2009 Reading Questions includes nine print reading units and three electronic reading units. The print reading tasks assess students' competencies in reading printed texts and the electronic reading tasks assess their competencies in reading electronic texts. These PISA tasks examine how well prepared students are for life beyond school, rather than focusing on testing how well students have learned the school curriculum. The reading questions include:
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2011 English Language Specimen Paper 1 The 2011 English Language Specimen Paper 1 is a released Cambridge O Level assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and contains free-response questions. The assessment tests students' writing skills and evaluates students' ability to (1) communicate appropriately, with a clear awareness of purpose, audience and register, (2) communicate clearly and develop ideas coherently, at word level, at sentence level and at whole text level, (3) use accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar, and (4) communicate creatively, using a varied range of vocabulary, sentence structures and linguistic devices. This assessment includes:
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2011 English Language Specimen Paper 2 The 2011 English Language Specimen Paper 2 is a released Cambridge O Level assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and contains free-response questions. The assessment tests students' writing skills and evaluates students' ability to (1) communicate appropriately, with a clear awareness of purpose, audience and register, (2) communicate clearly and develop ideas coherently, at word level, at sentence level and at whole text level, (3) use accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar, and (4) communicate creatively, using a varied range of vocabulary, sentence structures and linguistic devices. This assessment includes:
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