WGU - ASSESSING AND MONITORING STUDENT LEARNING - D659 KEY TERMS

To evaluate student performance against specific benchmarks or standards in order to gauge overall progress Benchmark To monitor individual student progress over time to identify areas of growth or areas needing additional support Progress Monitoring To measure student achievement at the end of a learning period or unit Summative To assess student understanding during the learning process to guide instruction and provide feedback Formative To evaluate student performance against a predetermined standard to compare across a larger population Standardized To compare individual student performance to that of a normative group to determine relative standing Norm-Referenced To measure student progress against their own previous performance rather than against external standards. Ipsative