Kia ora and welcome to the first Assessment Resource Banks newsletter from our new website at https://arbs.nzcer.org.nz.

We now have over 1400 resources published on the new site. Of these about 300 can be completed online as well as by pencil and paper.

 

The new ARBs can now accessed via individual teacher accounts. This means that you can save your favourite resources and quickly find them for future use.

Register to set up your own account here: https://arbs.nzcer.org.nz/register

 

There are a number of newly developed online interactive resources: students can drag and drop, click, click and highlight, click and type, or simply type their answer. They then download or email their results. We have also significantly re-developed some existing resources to make them online interactive.

 

Some of the online interactive ARBs also have auto-marking - this means that the entire resource is marked by the ARBs website.

Look for the symbols:  pencil and paper,  online interactive and auto-marking.

 

You can also like resources by clicking the  next to the title of the resource.

 

We have also updated our

Latest resources

New online interactive resources and existing resources that have been re-developed for completing online.

   

SCIENCE

The monarch: chrysalis to butterfly (L2) The science of burning (L4) A butterfly's life cycle (L4) Using a metals key (L4) Tectonic plates (L5)

Existing resources re-developed into online interactive: Germinating bean seeds (L2) Observing scientifically (L3) Sugary drinks (L3) Properties of metals (L4)

 

MATHS

 

Coming up ...

Our plan is to bring across all the exisiting ARBs to the new site, and re-develop some resources so they can also be completed online.  

 

Of course we're always happy to get feedback and would love to hear from you about our new site and the potential it offers for formative assessment in the classroom.

 

Warmest regards

The ARB team

arbs@nzcer.org.nz