WGU D184: Standards-Based Assessment
EXAM with complete solution
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What is a benefit of using standard base grading compared to norm-reference grading?
- CORRECT ANSWERS--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? - CORRECT ANSWERS--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? - CORRECT ANSWERS--Standards
based grading
How do standards space grading systems support, struggling students compared to
other common grading systems? - CORRECT ANSWERS--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? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
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? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
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? - CORRECT ANSWERS--Tagging multiple standards
Which statement is a criticism of standards base grading system? - CORRECT
ANSWERS--Assessments are too narrowly focused
, How are measurements topics beneficial to teachers - CORRECT ANSWERS--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? - CORRECT ANSWERS--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 ? - CORRECT ANSWERS--Knows about the
materials that contribute to an event and it's outcome
Which focused statement represents procedural knowledge? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Composes sentences using a keyboard
Which focused statement represents declarative knowledge? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Comprehend who the antagonist is in a story
Which focused statement represents procedural knowledge? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Writes Roman numerals from one to 100
A 10th grade world history teacher is reviewing the following standard for the curriculum
and making note of the measurement topics:
HSS-10.2.2: " list the principles of Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights (1689), the
declaration of independence (1776), the declaration of rights of man and citizen (1789),
the US Bill of Rights ( 1791)" (California Department of Education, 1998)
Which measurement topic aligns to the given standard? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Historical documents
High school theater arts teacher is reviewing the following standard for the curriculum
and making a note of the measurement topics: B. AE. 1.2: "Explain how the major
technical elements, such as sound, lights, set, and costumes, are used to enhance
formal or informal productions."
Which measurement topic align to the given standard? - CORRECT ANSWERS--Stage
design
An eighth grade social studies teacher is reviewing the following standard for the
curriculum and making note of the measurement topics:
EXAM with complete solution
2025/2026 | HIGHLY GRADED A+ |ASSURED
SUCCESS
What is a benefit of using standard base grading compared to norm-reference grading?
- CORRECT ANSWERS--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? - CORRECT ANSWERS--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? - CORRECT ANSWERS--Standards
based grading
How do standards space grading systems support, struggling students compared to
other common grading systems? - CORRECT ANSWERS--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? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
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? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
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? - CORRECT ANSWERS--Tagging multiple standards
Which statement is a criticism of standards base grading system? - CORRECT
ANSWERS--Assessments are too narrowly focused
, How are measurements topics beneficial to teachers - CORRECT ANSWERS--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? - CORRECT ANSWERS--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 ? - CORRECT ANSWERS--Knows about the
materials that contribute to an event and it's outcome
Which focused statement represents procedural knowledge? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Composes sentences using a keyboard
Which focused statement represents declarative knowledge? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Comprehend who the antagonist is in a story
Which focused statement represents procedural knowledge? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Writes Roman numerals from one to 100
A 10th grade world history teacher is reviewing the following standard for the curriculum
and making note of the measurement topics:
HSS-10.2.2: " list the principles of Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights (1689), the
declaration of independence (1776), the declaration of rights of man and citizen (1789),
the US Bill of Rights ( 1791)" (California Department of Education, 1998)
Which measurement topic aligns to the given standard? - CORRECT ANSWERS--
Historical documents
High school theater arts teacher is reviewing the following standard for the curriculum
and making a note of the measurement topics: B. AE. 1.2: "Explain how the major
technical elements, such as sound, lights, set, and costumes, are used to enhance
formal or informal productions."
Which measurement topic align to the given standard? - CORRECT ANSWERS--Stage
design
An eighth grade social studies teacher is reviewing the following standard for the
curriculum and making note of the measurement topics:
