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.
What's new?
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.
pencil and paper, online interactive and auto-marking.
You can also like resources by clicking the 
next to the title of the resource.
next to the title of the resource.
We have also updated our
- ways to search for resources (search, advanced search, browse resources)
- research and articles (check out science, maths, English articles)
- concept maps (in Algebraic thinking, Basic facts, Estimation, Patterns, Fractions, and Probability)
Latest resources
New online interactive resources and existing resources that have been re-developed for completing online.
SCIENCE
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Using a metals key (L4)
Tectonic plates (L5)
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Existing resources re-developed into online interactive:
Sugary drinks (L3)
Properties of metals (L4)
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ENGLISH
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Describing dogs (L 1-2)
Describing kittens (L 1-2)
Describing hot-air balloons (L 1-2)
Describing kites (L 1-2)
Describing Chinese dragons (L 1-2)
Describing butterflies (L 1-2)
Describing racing cars (L 1-2)
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Existing resources re-developed into online interactive:
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MATHS
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Level 2
Level 3
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Level 4
Existing resources re-developed into online interactive:
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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