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D184 OA Standards- Based Assessment –
Questions And Answers 2026/2027
Declarative Knowledge Proficiency building
Engage cognitive analysis skills with
declarative content:
1. Comparison - comparison, compare and
contrast
2. classification - generate categories
3. elaboration - create
4. Error Analysis - why
5. Constructing Support - provide examples
Proficiency scales learning targets can be
used to progress toward a standard
measured on a scale. Focus
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Statements
standards rewritten to provide a clear focus
for classroom assessments. Measurement
Topic derived from focus statement, used
as the basis of multiple assessments. Best
fit lowest percentage of error between
actual and predicted scores. Method of
Mounting Evidence teachers use multiple
indicators to find patterns of student
achievement and determine student's
summative scores. True Score an
estimation of actual score on an assessment
if there were to be no error.
This recognizes that there is some inherent
error in any test. Mounting Evidence
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Dynamic once a student has provided
enough evidence for the teacher to conclude
that a certain score level has been reached,
that score is considered the students true
score for that moment in time.
Summative score with mounting evidence
method
Most frequent score on all assessments.
Response code scoring
Each ANSWER on a student's test is given
a label, and the pattern of labels is used to
determine the student's level of proficiency.
Proficiency level item allocation
Include a decreasing number of items for
each level as complexity increases. Cut
score
D184 OA Standards- Based Assessment –
Questions And Answers 2026/2027
Declarative Knowledge Proficiency building
Engage cognitive analysis skills with
declarative content:
1. Comparison - comparison, compare and
contrast
2. classification - generate categories
3. elaboration - create
4. Error Analysis - why
5. Constructing Support - provide examples
Proficiency scales learning targets can be
used to progress toward a standard
measured on a scale. Focus
,2 | Page
Statements
standards rewritten to provide a clear focus
for classroom assessments. Measurement
Topic derived from focus statement, used
as the basis of multiple assessments. Best
fit lowest percentage of error between
actual and predicted scores. Method of
Mounting Evidence teachers use multiple
indicators to find patterns of student
achievement and determine student's
summative scores. True Score an
estimation of actual score on an assessment
if there were to be no error.
This recognizes that there is some inherent
error in any test. Mounting Evidence
, 3 | Page
Dynamic once a student has provided
enough evidence for the teacher to conclude
that a certain score level has been reached,
that score is considered the students true
score for that moment in time.
Summative score with mounting evidence
method
Most frequent score on all assessments.
Response code scoring
Each ANSWER on a student's test is given
a label, and the pattern of labels is used to
determine the student's level of proficiency.
Proficiency level item allocation
Include a decreasing number of items for
each level as complexity increases. Cut
score
