WGU D184 STANDARD BASED ASSESSMENT
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AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
⩥ Half Point Score Values. Answer: Used in proficiency scales for
mastery at one level, but does not meet all of the criteria for the next
level.
⩥ Generic Scale. Answer: Used for every topic where students are rated
1-4 based on their knowledge. These are not topic-specific; for example,
a level 3 is on grade level, but no other specific information is provided.
⩥ Consistency of Behavior. Answer: Not to be used on a proficiency
scale, as this is a qualifying type of scale which uses the words
sometimes, always, seldom etc.
⩥ Definitional Declarative Knowledge. Answer: Defining characteristics
of something, describe or explain
⩥ Cognitive Analysis Declarative Knowledge. Answer: Determining,
organizing, analysis
⩥ Mental Procedural Knowledge. Answer: Skills or processes, evaluates
,⩥ Parallel Assessments. Answer: Monitor students growth on the same
skills multiple times.
⩥ Assessment Blueprint. Answer: Created to ensure assessments are
aligned with learning targets.
⩥ Method of Mounting Evidence. Answer: Determine what the students'
summative score should be based on prior patterns of scores.
⩥ True score. Answer: Recognizes that there is some inherent error on a
test, its' an estimation, the true level of understanding
⩥ Observed Score. Answer: = True Score + Error Score
⩥ Aberrant pattenrs. Answer: you need to determine if the pattern is
reliable or if the student was having a bad day etc.
⩥ Standards Referenced Grading Systems. Answer: students
demonstrate learning outcomes based on standards.
⩥ Standards-Based Grading. Answer: one standard is assessed at a time
⩥ Standards-Based Grading. Answer: Assessment results do not contain
content outside of the stated standard.
, ⩥ Measurement Topics. Answer: They help identify content and skills to
be tested.
⩥ Measurement Topics. Answer: Concepts
⩥ Declarative Knowledge. Answer: Understanding concepts without
application
⩥ Procedural Knowledge. Answer: Demonstration is a method of
illustrating procedural knowledge
⩥ Parallel Assessments. Answer: given to measure student progress on
one standard over time
⩥ Unidimensionality. Answer: Parallel Assessments
⩥ Parallel Assessments. Answer: remove much of the error from student
scores to provide a true score
⩥ Point Scoring Method. Answer: It is used to determine the percentage
of available points a student earned on sections of a test, which is
translated into a score on a proficiency scale
STUDY PAPER WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
⩥ Half Point Score Values. Answer: Used in proficiency scales for
mastery at one level, but does not meet all of the criteria for the next
level.
⩥ Generic Scale. Answer: Used for every topic where students are rated
1-4 based on their knowledge. These are not topic-specific; for example,
a level 3 is on grade level, but no other specific information is provided.
⩥ Consistency of Behavior. Answer: Not to be used on a proficiency
scale, as this is a qualifying type of scale which uses the words
sometimes, always, seldom etc.
⩥ Definitional Declarative Knowledge. Answer: Defining characteristics
of something, describe or explain
⩥ Cognitive Analysis Declarative Knowledge. Answer: Determining,
organizing, analysis
⩥ Mental Procedural Knowledge. Answer: Skills or processes, evaluates
,⩥ Parallel Assessments. Answer: Monitor students growth on the same
skills multiple times.
⩥ Assessment Blueprint. Answer: Created to ensure assessments are
aligned with learning targets.
⩥ Method of Mounting Evidence. Answer: Determine what the students'
summative score should be based on prior patterns of scores.
⩥ True score. Answer: Recognizes that there is some inherent error on a
test, its' an estimation, the true level of understanding
⩥ Observed Score. Answer: = True Score + Error Score
⩥ Aberrant pattenrs. Answer: you need to determine if the pattern is
reliable or if the student was having a bad day etc.
⩥ Standards Referenced Grading Systems. Answer: students
demonstrate learning outcomes based on standards.
⩥ Standards-Based Grading. Answer: one standard is assessed at a time
⩥ Standards-Based Grading. Answer: Assessment results do not contain
content outside of the stated standard.
, ⩥ Measurement Topics. Answer: They help identify content and skills to
be tested.
⩥ Measurement Topics. Answer: Concepts
⩥ Declarative Knowledge. Answer: Understanding concepts without
application
⩥ Procedural Knowledge. Answer: Demonstration is a method of
illustrating procedural knowledge
⩥ Parallel Assessments. Answer: given to measure student progress on
one standard over time
⩥ Unidimensionality. Answer: Parallel Assessments
⩥ Parallel Assessments. Answer: remove much of the error from student
scores to provide a true score
⩥ Point Scoring Method. Answer: It is used to determine the percentage
of available points a student earned on sections of a test, which is
translated into a score on a proficiency scale
