WGU - Assessing and Monitoring Student
Learning - D659 Questions and Answers
2026 Update
To evaluate student performance against specific benchmarks
or standards in order to gauge overall progress - Correct
Answers ✅Benchmark
To monitor individual student progress over time to identify
areas of growth or areas needing additional support - Correct
Answers ✅Progress Monitoring
To measure student achievement at the end of a learning
period or unit - Correct Answers ✅Summative
To assess student understanding during the learning process
to guide instruction and provide feedback - Correct
Answers ✅Formative
To evaluate student performance against a predetermined
standard to compare across a larger population - Correct
Answers ✅Standardized
To compare individual student performance to that of a
normative group to determine relative standing - Correct
Answers ✅Norm-Referenced
, WGU - Assessing and Monitoring Student
Learning - D659 Questions and Answers
2026 Update
To measure student progress against their own previous
performance rather than against external standards. -
Correct Answers ✅Ipsative
To determine whether students have achieved specific
learning objectives or criteria. - Correct Answers
✅Criterion-Referenced
takes place at the end of a lesson or unit to see how much
students have learned; usually involves tests, projects, or
other activities that show what students know and can do -
Correct Answers ✅Assessment OF learning (summative
assessment)
a tool for evaluating student learning at specific points, such
as at the end of a unit, semester, or academic year; often in
the form of a quiz or test - Correct Answers ✅Summative
assessment
a way for teachers to understand how well students learn as
they teach; helps teachers decide what to teach next and
how to teach it better - Correct Answers ✅Assessment FOR
learning (formative assessment)
Learning - D659 Questions and Answers
2026 Update
To evaluate student performance against specific benchmarks
or standards in order to gauge overall progress - Correct
Answers ✅Benchmark
To monitor individual student progress over time to identify
areas of growth or areas needing additional support - Correct
Answers ✅Progress Monitoring
To measure student achievement at the end of a learning
period or unit - Correct Answers ✅Summative
To assess student understanding during the learning process
to guide instruction and provide feedback - Correct
Answers ✅Formative
To evaluate student performance against a predetermined
standard to compare across a larger population - Correct
Answers ✅Standardized
To compare individual student performance to that of a
normative group to determine relative standing - Correct
Answers ✅Norm-Referenced
, WGU - Assessing and Monitoring Student
Learning - D659 Questions and Answers
2026 Update
To measure student progress against their own previous
performance rather than against external standards. -
Correct Answers ✅Ipsative
To determine whether students have achieved specific
learning objectives or criteria. - Correct Answers
✅Criterion-Referenced
takes place at the end of a lesson or unit to see how much
students have learned; usually involves tests, projects, or
other activities that show what students know and can do -
Correct Answers ✅Assessment OF learning (summative
assessment)
a tool for evaluating student learning at specific points, such
as at the end of a unit, semester, or academic year; often in
the form of a quiz or test - Correct Answers ✅Summative
assessment
a way for teachers to understand how well students learn as
they teach; helps teachers decide what to teach next and
how to teach it better - Correct Answers ✅Assessment FOR
learning (formative assessment)
