WGU D184 STANDARD BASED ASSESSMENT EXAM | 2025-2026 LATEST
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1. What is a benefit of a standards-based grading system for high-
achieving students?: Instruction can be easily adjusted to provide new, more
complex learning targets.
2. How is a narrative-based system different than a standards-based
grading system?: The standards-based grading system uses proficiency scores,
but the narrative grading system does not.
3. Which factor distinguishes norm-referenced grading from standards-
based grading?: Performance of the rest of the class
4. What is a benefit of using standards-based grading compared to norm-
referenced grading?: Standards-based grading is more focused on the learning
targets than norm-referenced grading.
5. Why do teachers only grade student work related to the achievement of
learning targets in standards-based grading systems?: Teachers are able to
help students focus on learning goals and track their progress.
,6. A grading scale reflects the following details:4 achievement levels —
Advanced3 achievement levels — Meets expectations2 achievement levels
— Partial mastery1 achievement level — Little or no mastery Which grading
system does this grading scale represent?: Standards-based grading
7. How do standards-based grading systems support struggling students
compared to other common grading systems?: By allowing students to redo
lessons and assignments as many times as necessary
8. What is one difference between using criterion-referenced scoring in
standards-based grading systems as opposed to using norm-referenced
scoring?: Criterion-referenced scoring measures student progress toward
mastery of specific criteria, while norm-referenced scoring measures progress
relative to percentiles.
9. What is a criticism of standards-based grading systems?: They do not
reflect students' proficiency in soft skills such as time management and creativity.
10. Which problematic assessment practice does standards-based grading
help teachers avoid?: Tagging multiple standards
11. Which statement is a criticism of standards-based grading systems?:
Assessments are too narrowly focused.
, 12. How are measurement topics beneficial to teachers?: They help teachers
identify a small set of themes to focus on during instruction.
13. 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 grades 6-8
text complexity band proficiently with scaffolding as needed, at the high end
of the range" (Common Core Standards Initiative, 2021). Which terms reflect
the content of the standard?: Stories, dramas, poems
14. A teacher must determine a relevant focus statement based on this
standard for a U.S. history course: "The student understands the
differences between the economic, technological, and human resources of
both sides of a conflict." Which focus statement reflects this standard?:
Knows about the materials that contributed to an event and its outcome
15. Which focus statement represents procedural knowledge?: Composes
sentences using a keyboard
16. Which focus statement represents declarative knowledge?:
Comprehends who the antagonist is in a short story
17. Which focus statement represents procedural knowledge?: Writes
Roman numerals from 1 to 100
UPDATED|60 REAL EXAM AND COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
100% RATED CORRECT | 100% VERFIED | ALREADY GRADED A+
1. What is a benefit of a standards-based grading system for high-
achieving students?: Instruction can be easily adjusted to provide new, more
complex learning targets.
2. How is a narrative-based system different than a standards-based
grading system?: The standards-based grading system uses proficiency scores,
but the narrative grading system does not.
3. Which factor distinguishes norm-referenced grading from standards-
based grading?: Performance of the rest of the class
4. What is a benefit of using standards-based grading compared to norm-
referenced grading?: Standards-based grading is more focused on the learning
targets than norm-referenced grading.
5. Why do teachers only grade student work related to the achievement of
learning targets in standards-based grading systems?: Teachers are able to
help students focus on learning goals and track their progress.
,6. A grading scale reflects the following details:4 achievement levels —
Advanced3 achievement levels — Meets expectations2 achievement levels
— Partial mastery1 achievement level — Little or no mastery Which grading
system does this grading scale represent?: Standards-based grading
7. How do standards-based grading systems support struggling students
compared to other common grading systems?: By allowing students to redo
lessons and assignments as many times as necessary
8. What is one difference between using criterion-referenced scoring in
standards-based grading systems as opposed to using norm-referenced
scoring?: Criterion-referenced scoring measures student progress toward
mastery of specific criteria, while norm-referenced scoring measures progress
relative to percentiles.
9. What is a criticism of standards-based grading systems?: They do not
reflect students' proficiency in soft skills such as time management and creativity.
10. Which problematic assessment practice does standards-based grading
help teachers avoid?: Tagging multiple standards
11. Which statement is a criticism of standards-based grading systems?:
Assessments are too narrowly focused.
, 12. How are measurement topics beneficial to teachers?: They help teachers
identify a small set of themes to focus on during instruction.
13. 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 grades 6-8
text complexity band proficiently with scaffolding as needed, at the high end
of the range" (Common Core Standards Initiative, 2021). Which terms reflect
the content of the standard?: Stories, dramas, poems
14. A teacher must determine a relevant focus statement based on this
standard for a U.S. history course: "The student understands the
differences between the economic, technological, and human resources of
both sides of a conflict." Which focus statement reflects this standard?:
Knows about the materials that contributed to an event and its outcome
15. Which focus statement represents procedural knowledge?: Composes
sentences using a keyboard
16. Which focus statement represents declarative knowledge?:
Comprehends who the antagonist is in a short story
17. Which focus statement represents procedural knowledge?: Writes
Roman numerals from 1 to 100
