WGU D469 Performance Assessment Actual Exam
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1 | Performance Assessment Design Principles | Q1 – Q10
Section 2 | Rubric Development and Scoring Criteria | Q11 – Q20
Section 3 | Authentic Tasks and Real-World Application | Q21 – Q30
Section 4 | Evaluating Student Work and Providing Feedback | Q31 – Q40
Section 5 | Using Performance Data to Inform Instruction | Q41 – Q50
Instructions: Choose the single best answer. Pass: 80% in 90 minutes.
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SECTION 1: PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT DESIGN PRINCIPLES Q1 – Q10
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Question 1 of 50
A high school English teacher is redesigning her semester final. Instead of a
multiple-choice test on Romeo and Juliet, she wants students to write a literary analysis
essay comparing the play to a modern film adaptation. Her department chair asks how
this qualifies as a performance assessment rather than just a writing assignment. She
explains that the key distinguishing feature is that students must demonstrate their
understanding through which process?
A. Generating an original, complex product that reveals higher-order thinking and
application
B. Selecting the correct answer from predetermined options under timed conditions
C. Memorizing key plot points and character names for verbatim recall
D. Completing a worksheet with fill-in-the-blank comprehension questions
,Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Performance assessments require students to construct a response, apply
knowledge, and produce work that demonstrates deep understanding rather than just
recall. Choice B describes traditional selected-response testing, which is the opposite of
performance assessment. Teachers who shift to performance-based finals often see
students engage more deeply with texts because they must synthesize and analyze
rather than simply recognize.
Question 2 of 50
A middle school math team is developing a new unit assessment on proportional
reasoning. They decide to have students plan a school event with a fixed budget,
requiring them to calculate costs, scale recipes, and present their plan. The instructional
coach reminds them that the task must be tightly aligned with the intended learning
targets. This alignment is essential primarily because it ensures what outcome?
A. The task will be easy enough for all students to complete successfully
B. Student responses will provide valid evidence of whether they have mastered the
specific standards
C. The assessment will take less time to administer than a traditional test
D. Parents will be more impressed with the creative format than with test scores
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Alignment between the task and the learning targets ensures that the
evidence gathered actually reflects the intended knowledge and skills, which is the
foundation of valid assessment. Choice A confuses alignment with difficulty, when in
fact a well-aligned task can be appropriately challenging. Teams that map each task
requirement to a specific standard before writing the prompt avoid creating engaging
but misaligned activities that do not measure what they intend.
Question 3 of 50
,An elementary science teacher is creating a performance task where students design a
hand pollinator for a fictional flower. She wants to ensure the assessment yields useful
information about each student's engineering design thinking. To maximize the
assessment's validity, she should focus her design efforts on which element?
A. Making the task as visually attractive as possible with colorful materials
B. Ensuring the task can be completed in under ten minutes by every student
C. Crafting a clear prompt and criteria that directly target the engineering standards and
design process
D. Allowing students to work in groups so no individual feels singled out
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Validity in performance assessment depends on the degree to which the task
and criteria actually measure the intended constructs, in this case engineering design
thinking. Choice A prioritizes aesthetics over measurement quality, which does not
improve validity. Teachers who start with the standards and work backward to create
the task prompt ensure that what students produce will be interpretable evidence of
learning.
Question 4 of 50
A district assessment coordinator is training teachers on performance assessment
design. She emphasizes that a well-designed task should produce consistent results if
administered again under similar conditions. The coordinator is describing which
psychometric quality?
A. Authenticity
B. Differentiation
C. Feasibility
D. Reliability
Correct Answer: D
, Rationale: Reliability refers to the consistency and stability of assessment results
across different occasions, raters, or tasks, which is essential for trustworthy scoring.
Choice A describes whether a task mirrors real-world contexts but does not address
consistency of measurement. Coordinators who train teachers on rubric calibration and
task clarity are directly addressing reliability because ambiguous tasks produce
inconsistent student performance.
Question 5 of 50
A high school social studies teacher is designing a performance task requiring students
to analyze primary source documents and construct a historical argument. He wants to
ensure the task pushes students beyond recall and into analysis and evaluation. In
assessment design terms, he is targeting which level of cognitive demand?
A. Higher-order thinking and complex reasoning
B. Rote memorization and factual recall
C. Physical dexterity and fine motor skills
D. Speed and automaticity of basic computation
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Performance assessments are most valuable when they require students to
synthesize, evaluate, and create, which are higher-order cognitive processes that reveal
deep understanding. Choice B describes the lowest level of cognitive demand and
would not justify a performance task format. Teachers who explicitly design tasks
around verbs like analyze, evaluate, and synthesize create assessments that distinguish
surface learning from deep conceptual mastery.
Question 6 of 50
A fourth-grade teacher is deciding whether to use a performance assessment as a
checkpoint during a writing unit or as the final graded product at the end. She consults
2026/2027: Complete Exam-Style Questions with
Detailed Rationales | 100% Verified | Pass Guaranteed –
A+ Graded
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1 | Performance Assessment Design Principles | Q1 – Q10
Section 2 | Rubric Development and Scoring Criteria | Q11 – Q20
Section 3 | Authentic Tasks and Real-World Application | Q21 – Q30
Section 4 | Evaluating Student Work and Providing Feedback | Q31 – Q40
Section 5 | Using Performance Data to Inform Instruction | Q41 – Q50
Instructions: Choose the single best answer. Pass: 80% in 90 minutes.
══════════════════════════════════════
SECTION 1: PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT DESIGN PRINCIPLES Q1 – Q10
══════════════════════════════════════
Question 1 of 50
A high school English teacher is redesigning her semester final. Instead of a
multiple-choice test on Romeo and Juliet, she wants students to write a literary analysis
essay comparing the play to a modern film adaptation. Her department chair asks how
this qualifies as a performance assessment rather than just a writing assignment. She
explains that the key distinguishing feature is that students must demonstrate their
understanding through which process?
A. Generating an original, complex product that reveals higher-order thinking and
application
B. Selecting the correct answer from predetermined options under timed conditions
C. Memorizing key plot points and character names for verbatim recall
D. Completing a worksheet with fill-in-the-blank comprehension questions
,Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Performance assessments require students to construct a response, apply
knowledge, and produce work that demonstrates deep understanding rather than just
recall. Choice B describes traditional selected-response testing, which is the opposite of
performance assessment. Teachers who shift to performance-based finals often see
students engage more deeply with texts because they must synthesize and analyze
rather than simply recognize.
Question 2 of 50
A middle school math team is developing a new unit assessment on proportional
reasoning. They decide to have students plan a school event with a fixed budget,
requiring them to calculate costs, scale recipes, and present their plan. The instructional
coach reminds them that the task must be tightly aligned with the intended learning
targets. This alignment is essential primarily because it ensures what outcome?
A. The task will be easy enough for all students to complete successfully
B. Student responses will provide valid evidence of whether they have mastered the
specific standards
C. The assessment will take less time to administer than a traditional test
D. Parents will be more impressed with the creative format than with test scores
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Alignment between the task and the learning targets ensures that the
evidence gathered actually reflects the intended knowledge and skills, which is the
foundation of valid assessment. Choice A confuses alignment with difficulty, when in
fact a well-aligned task can be appropriately challenging. Teams that map each task
requirement to a specific standard before writing the prompt avoid creating engaging
but misaligned activities that do not measure what they intend.
Question 3 of 50
,An elementary science teacher is creating a performance task where students design a
hand pollinator for a fictional flower. She wants to ensure the assessment yields useful
information about each student's engineering design thinking. To maximize the
assessment's validity, she should focus her design efforts on which element?
A. Making the task as visually attractive as possible with colorful materials
B. Ensuring the task can be completed in under ten minutes by every student
C. Crafting a clear prompt and criteria that directly target the engineering standards and
design process
D. Allowing students to work in groups so no individual feels singled out
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Validity in performance assessment depends on the degree to which the task
and criteria actually measure the intended constructs, in this case engineering design
thinking. Choice A prioritizes aesthetics over measurement quality, which does not
improve validity. Teachers who start with the standards and work backward to create
the task prompt ensure that what students produce will be interpretable evidence of
learning.
Question 4 of 50
A district assessment coordinator is training teachers on performance assessment
design. She emphasizes that a well-designed task should produce consistent results if
administered again under similar conditions. The coordinator is describing which
psychometric quality?
A. Authenticity
B. Differentiation
C. Feasibility
D. Reliability
Correct Answer: D
, Rationale: Reliability refers to the consistency and stability of assessment results
across different occasions, raters, or tasks, which is essential for trustworthy scoring.
Choice A describes whether a task mirrors real-world contexts but does not address
consistency of measurement. Coordinators who train teachers on rubric calibration and
task clarity are directly addressing reliability because ambiguous tasks produce
inconsistent student performance.
Question 5 of 50
A high school social studies teacher is designing a performance task requiring students
to analyze primary source documents and construct a historical argument. He wants to
ensure the task pushes students beyond recall and into analysis and evaluation. In
assessment design terms, he is targeting which level of cognitive demand?
A. Higher-order thinking and complex reasoning
B. Rote memorization and factual recall
C. Physical dexterity and fine motor skills
D. Speed and automaticity of basic computation
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Performance assessments are most valuable when they require students to
synthesize, evaluate, and create, which are higher-order cognitive processes that reveal
deep understanding. Choice B describes the lowest level of cognitive demand and
would not justify a performance task format. Teachers who explicitly design tasks
around verbs like analyze, evaluate, and synthesize create assessments that distinguish
surface learning from deep conceptual mastery.
Question 6 of 50
A fourth-grade teacher is deciding whether to use a performance assessment as a
checkpoint during a writing unit or as the final graded product at the end. She consults
