WGU D184 - STANDARDS-BASED ASSESSMENT |
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE |
LATEST VERSION | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
• Which factor distinguishes norm-referenced grading from standard-base grading?
-✓✓ Performance of the rest of the class
• What is a benefit of using standard base grading compared to norm-reference
grading? -✓✓ Teachers are able to help students focus on learning, goals and track
their progress.
• Why do teachers only grade student work related to the achievement of learning
targets and standards-base grading systems? -✓✓ Teachers are able to help
students focus on learning, goals and track their progress.
• A grading scale reflects the following details:
4- Advanced
3- Meets Expectations
2- Partially Mastery
1- Little or No Mastery
Which grading system does this scale represent? -✓✓ Standards based grading
• How do standards space grading systems support, struggling students compared
to other common grading systems? -✓✓ By allowing students to redo lessons and
assignments as many times as necessary
• What is one difference between using criterion reference scoring and standard
base grading systems as opposed to using non-reference scoring? -✓✓ Criterion-
, reference scoring measure students progress towards mastery, a specific criteria,
while norm-reference scoring measures progress related to percentiles.
• What is a criticism of standards-based grading systems? -✓✓ They do not reflect
students, proficiency and soft skills, such as time management and creativity
• Which problematic assessment practice does standards-based grading help
teachers avoid? -✓✓ Tagging multiple standards
• Which statement is a criticism of standards base grading system? -✓✓
Assessments are too narrowly focused
• How are measurements topics beneficial to teachers -✓✓ They help teachers
identify a small set of themes to focus on during instruction
• An English language arts teacher is unpacking the following standard:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.10: " by the end of the year, read and comprehend
literature, including stories, dramas, and poems for grade 6-8 complexity,
proficiently with scaffolding as needed, at the end of the range.
Which term reflect the content of the standard? -✓✓ Stories, dramas, poems
• A teacher must determine a relevant focus statement based on the standard for US
history course:
" the student understands the difference between economic, technological, and
human resources of both sides of a conflict."
Which statement reflects the standard ? -✓✓ Knows about the materials that
contribute to an event and it's outcome
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE |
LATEST VERSION | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
• Which factor distinguishes norm-referenced grading from standard-base grading?
-✓✓ Performance of the rest of the class
• What is a benefit of using standard base grading compared to norm-reference
grading? -✓✓ Teachers are able to help students focus on learning, goals and track
their progress.
• Why do teachers only grade student work related to the achievement of learning
targets and standards-base grading systems? -✓✓ Teachers are able to help
students focus on learning, goals and track their progress.
• A grading scale reflects the following details:
4- Advanced
3- Meets Expectations
2- Partially Mastery
1- Little or No Mastery
Which grading system does this scale represent? -✓✓ Standards based grading
• How do standards space grading systems support, struggling students compared
to other common grading systems? -✓✓ By allowing students to redo lessons and
assignments as many times as necessary
• What is one difference between using criterion reference scoring and standard
base grading systems as opposed to using non-reference scoring? -✓✓ Criterion-
, reference scoring measure students progress towards mastery, a specific criteria,
while norm-reference scoring measures progress related to percentiles.
• What is a criticism of standards-based grading systems? -✓✓ They do not reflect
students, proficiency and soft skills, such as time management and creativity
• Which problematic assessment practice does standards-based grading help
teachers avoid? -✓✓ Tagging multiple standards
• Which statement is a criticism of standards base grading system? -✓✓
Assessments are too narrowly focused
• How are measurements topics beneficial to teachers -✓✓ They help teachers
identify a small set of themes to focus on during instruction
• An English language arts teacher is unpacking the following standard:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.10: " by the end of the year, read and comprehend
literature, including stories, dramas, and poems for grade 6-8 complexity,
proficiently with scaffolding as needed, at the end of the range.
Which term reflect the content of the standard? -✓✓ Stories, dramas, poems
• A teacher must determine a relevant focus statement based on the standard for US
history course:
" the student understands the difference between economic, technological, and
human resources of both sides of a conflict."
Which statement reflects the standard ? -✓✓ Knows about the materials that
contribute to an event and it's outcome
