WGU D187 CERTIFICATION TEST 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTION GUIDE
◉ A music teacher is creating a proficiency scale for students for the
measurement topic of song composition.
Which proficiency scale statement measures procedural knowledge
at advanced level 4.0 proficiency for the given measurement topic?
The student will identify the parts of a song.
The student will compose and sing a song, including two verses and
a chorus.
The student will compare the choruses and verses of several songs.
The student will distinguish between different types of songs.
Answer: The student will compose and sing a song, including two
verses and a chorus.
◉ A team of teachers is reviewing the English language arts
department's standards. The team plans to update proficiency scales
to better align with the standards for the curriculum. One standard
under review is the following: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.7:
"Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed using
,words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually
using a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table"
Which proficiency scale statement aligns with developing level 2.0
proficiency for the given standard?
The student will describe technical information in a text and
integrate it into a diagram.
The student, with help, will combine text with a visual image.
The student will depict technical information from a text in a table.
The student will create a detailed flowchart integrated with
technical information.
Answer: The student will depict technical information from a text in
a table.
◉ A fifth-grade teacher is creating a proficiency scale to assess the
following standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.5.3: "Know and apply
grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words"
(Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2021). CCSS.ELA-
Literacy.RF.5.3.a: "Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound
correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (roots and
affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context
and out of context" Which proficiency scale statement measures
developing level 2.0 proficiency for the given standards?
, The student will identify syllabication patterns to successfully read
out-of-context unfamiliar words.
The student, with help, will demonstrate letter-sound combinations.
The student will identify morphology to aid in accurate reading of
unfamiliar in-context words.
The student will describe phonics and decoding techniques.
Answer: The student will describe phonics and decoding techniques.
◉ An English language arts teacher is designing a proficiency scale
to assess students' declarative knowledge about the measurement
topic of literary concepts.
Which proficiency scale statement corresponds to developing level
2.0 proficiency for the given measurement topic?
The student will explain how an author's voice impacts a story.
The student will predict what would happen if the protagonist and
antagonist switched roles.
The student will compare multiple stories by the same author.
The student will determine the central theme of a story.
Answer: The student will determine the central theme of a story.
◉ What characteristic of parallel assessments refers to the
measuring of the same trait on all forms of the test?
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTION GUIDE
◉ A music teacher is creating a proficiency scale for students for the
measurement topic of song composition.
Which proficiency scale statement measures procedural knowledge
at advanced level 4.0 proficiency for the given measurement topic?
The student will identify the parts of a song.
The student will compose and sing a song, including two verses and
a chorus.
The student will compare the choruses and verses of several songs.
The student will distinguish between different types of songs.
Answer: The student will compose and sing a song, including two
verses and a chorus.
◉ A team of teachers is reviewing the English language arts
department's standards. The team plans to update proficiency scales
to better align with the standards for the curriculum. One standard
under review is the following: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.7:
"Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed using
,words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually
using a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table"
Which proficiency scale statement aligns with developing level 2.0
proficiency for the given standard?
The student will describe technical information in a text and
integrate it into a diagram.
The student, with help, will combine text with a visual image.
The student will depict technical information from a text in a table.
The student will create a detailed flowchart integrated with
technical information.
Answer: The student will depict technical information from a text in
a table.
◉ A fifth-grade teacher is creating a proficiency scale to assess the
following standards: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.5.3: "Know and apply
grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words"
(Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2021). CCSS.ELA-
Literacy.RF.5.3.a: "Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound
correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (roots and
affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context
and out of context" Which proficiency scale statement measures
developing level 2.0 proficiency for the given standards?
, The student will identify syllabication patterns to successfully read
out-of-context unfamiliar words.
The student, with help, will demonstrate letter-sound combinations.
The student will identify morphology to aid in accurate reading of
unfamiliar in-context words.
The student will describe phonics and decoding techniques.
Answer: The student will describe phonics and decoding techniques.
◉ An English language arts teacher is designing a proficiency scale
to assess students' declarative knowledge about the measurement
topic of literary concepts.
Which proficiency scale statement corresponds to developing level
2.0 proficiency for the given measurement topic?
The student will explain how an author's voice impacts a story.
The student will predict what would happen if the protagonist and
antagonist switched roles.
The student will compare multiple stories by the same author.
The student will determine the central theme of a story.
Answer: The student will determine the central theme of a story.
◉ What characteristic of parallel assessments refers to the
measuring of the same trait on all forms of the test?
