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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">New</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Math tasks</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">are available</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial"></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">through the</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial"></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">online</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial"></FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Task Bank</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">.</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Another</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial"> set of tasks in the Mathematics content area have been posted on the PAAP Task Bank online:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">Content Standard</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">D</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">, Rubric Level</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">2</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">, Performance Indicator</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">1</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial"> – Levels of Complexity 1 & 2 are appropriate for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">grades 7, 8, 10, and 11</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial"> Levels of Complexity 3 & 4 are appropriate for grades</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">10 and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial"> 11</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial"> only</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial">These tasks were not available when the PAAP CD was distributed, and so are not included on the disc. As noted in material that was included with the CDs, additional Mathematics tasks will be added to the online Task Bank as development proceeds. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.maine.gov/education/lsalt/paap/index.html"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><B><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial">Click here</FONT></U></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial"> to access the PAAP website and the online Task Bank.</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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