THE A+ BLUEPRINT FOR WGU EDUCATIONAL
ASSESSMENT – STRATEGIC STUDY
FRAMEWORK 2026/2027
Authentic Assessments - THE CORRECT ANSWER-A title for
performance assessments that stresses the importance of
focusing on the application of understandings and skills to real
problems in real-world; contextual settings.
Achievement Assessment - THE CORRECT ANSWER-achievement
assessment is a broad category that includes all of the various
methods for determining the extent to which students are
achieving the intended learning outcomes of instruction
Alternative Assessments - THE CORRECT ANSWER-A title for
performance assessments that emphasizes that these
assessment methods provide an alternative to traditional
paper-and-pencil testing.
Content standards - THE CORRECT ANSWER-describe what students
should know and be able to do at the end of a specified period
of learning (e.g., a grade or series of grades). They provide a
framework for curriculum development, instruction, and the
assessment of student achievement. Various professional
organizations have also developed sets of content standards in
their particular subject areas. It is hoped that the use of such
standards will raise achievement expectations, increase the
quality of public education, provide a better informed
,citizenship, and make the country more competitive with other
countries.
Placement Assessment - THE CORRECT ANSWER-(measures entry
behavior)
To determine student performance at the beginning of
instruction
Example: Unit Pre-test
Performance-Based Tasks - THE CORRECT ANSWER-may also be
useful for determining entry skills. In the area of writing, for
example, obtaining writing samples at the beginning of
instruction can establish a base for later assessments of
progress. This type of preassessment would be especially
valuable if portfolios of student work were to be maintained
during the instruction.
Formative Assessments - THE CORRECT ANSWER-(monitors learning
progress)
To monitor learning progress during instruction
Example: End of lesson quiz
Diagnostic Assessment - THE CORRECT ANSWER-(identifies causes of
learning problems)
To diagnose learning difficulties during instruction
Example: Test of math computational skills necessary for
learning math
, Bloom's taxonomy - THE CORRECT ANSWER-6. Creating- Putting
information together in an innovative way.
5. Evaluating- Making judgments based on a set of guidelines.
4. Analysis- Breaking the concept into parts and understanding
3. Applying- Use knowledge gained in new ways.how each part
is related to one another.
2. Understanding- making sense of what you have learned.
1. Remembering- recalling relevant knowledge from long term
memory.
Teachers' Standards for Student Assessment - THE CORRECT
ANSWER-1. Teachers should be skilled in choosing assessment
methods appropriate for instructional decisions. Skill in
choosing appropriate, useful, administratively convenient,
technically adequate, and fair assessment methods are
prerequisite to good use of information to support instructional
decisions.
2. Teachers should be skilled in developing assessment
methods appropriate for instructional decisions. While teachers
often use published or other external assessment tools, the bulk
of the assessment information they use for decision making
comes from approaches they create and implement.
3. The teacher should be skilled in administering, scoring, and
interpreting the results of both externally produced and
teacher-produced assessment methods. It is not enough that
teachers are able to select and develop good assessment
methods; they must also be able to apply them properly.
4. Teachers should be skilled in using assessment results when
making decisions about individual students, planning teaching,
developing curriculum, and school improvement. Assessment
results are used to make educational decisions at several levels:
ASSESSMENT – STRATEGIC STUDY
FRAMEWORK 2026/2027
Authentic Assessments - THE CORRECT ANSWER-A title for
performance assessments that stresses the importance of
focusing on the application of understandings and skills to real
problems in real-world; contextual settings.
Achievement Assessment - THE CORRECT ANSWER-achievement
assessment is a broad category that includes all of the various
methods for determining the extent to which students are
achieving the intended learning outcomes of instruction
Alternative Assessments - THE CORRECT ANSWER-A title for
performance assessments that emphasizes that these
assessment methods provide an alternative to traditional
paper-and-pencil testing.
Content standards - THE CORRECT ANSWER-describe what students
should know and be able to do at the end of a specified period
of learning (e.g., a grade or series of grades). They provide a
framework for curriculum development, instruction, and the
assessment of student achievement. Various professional
organizations have also developed sets of content standards in
their particular subject areas. It is hoped that the use of such
standards will raise achievement expectations, increase the
quality of public education, provide a better informed
,citizenship, and make the country more competitive with other
countries.
Placement Assessment - THE CORRECT ANSWER-(measures entry
behavior)
To determine student performance at the beginning of
instruction
Example: Unit Pre-test
Performance-Based Tasks - THE CORRECT ANSWER-may also be
useful for determining entry skills. In the area of writing, for
example, obtaining writing samples at the beginning of
instruction can establish a base for later assessments of
progress. This type of preassessment would be especially
valuable if portfolios of student work were to be maintained
during the instruction.
Formative Assessments - THE CORRECT ANSWER-(monitors learning
progress)
To monitor learning progress during instruction
Example: End of lesson quiz
Diagnostic Assessment - THE CORRECT ANSWER-(identifies causes of
learning problems)
To diagnose learning difficulties during instruction
Example: Test of math computational skills necessary for
learning math
, Bloom's taxonomy - THE CORRECT ANSWER-6. Creating- Putting
information together in an innovative way.
5. Evaluating- Making judgments based on a set of guidelines.
4. Analysis- Breaking the concept into parts and understanding
3. Applying- Use knowledge gained in new ways.how each part
is related to one another.
2. Understanding- making sense of what you have learned.
1. Remembering- recalling relevant knowledge from long term
memory.
Teachers' Standards for Student Assessment - THE CORRECT
ANSWER-1. Teachers should be skilled in choosing assessment
methods appropriate for instructional decisions. Skill in
choosing appropriate, useful, administratively convenient,
technically adequate, and fair assessment methods are
prerequisite to good use of information to support instructional
decisions.
2. Teachers should be skilled in developing assessment
methods appropriate for instructional decisions. While teachers
often use published or other external assessment tools, the bulk
of the assessment information they use for decision making
comes from approaches they create and implement.
3. The teacher should be skilled in administering, scoring, and
interpreting the results of both externally produced and
teacher-produced assessment methods. It is not enough that
teachers are able to select and develop good assessment
methods; they must also be able to apply them properly.
4. Teachers should be skilled in using assessment results when
making decisions about individual students, planning teaching,
developing curriculum, and school improvement. Assessment
results are used to make educational decisions at several levels:
