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Essay on Assessment of Student Progress in Math and Science
Individual Assessments
Individual assessments focus on individual student progress. Assessment activities constructed by the teacher are completed individually by the students. Teachers may wish to have students work individually on written assignments, presentations, or performance assessment tasks in order to assess individual progress.
Group Assessments
Group assessments focus on the progress a group of students has made by cooperating and collaborating to complete assessment activities organized by the teacher. In order to assess social skills and cooperative learning processes, teachers may decide to have students complete written assignments, presentations, or performance of skills and processes in groups.
Contracts
A contract refers to an agreement between a student or a group of students, and a teacher regarding what activity will be undertaken, who will do it, how it will be done, when it will be completed, and how it will be evaluated according to the criteria established. Contracts can be organized on an individual or a group basis and may involve written assignments, presentations, or performance of skills and processes as part of the structure. Students may partially' fulfill the requirements of their contracts by self-assessment of their work..........
