Standards-Based Assessment WGU D184
LATEST VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH STUDY GUIDE DETAILED AND VERIFIED
FOR GUARANTEED PASS, LATEST UPDATE
2025 GRADED A
What is a benefit of a standards-based grading system for high-achieving
students? - CORRECT ANSWER Instruction can be easily adjusted to
provide new, more complex learning targets.
How is a narrative-based system different than a standards-based grading
system? - CORRECT ANSWER The standards-based grading system
uses proficiency scores, but the narrative grading system does not.
Which factor distinguishes norm-referenced grading from standards-based
grading? - CORRECT ANSWER Performance of the rest of the class
What is a benefit of using standards-based grading compared to norm-
referenced grading? - CORRECT ANSWER Standards-based grading
is more focused on the learning targets than norm-referenced grading.
Why do teachers only grade student work related to the achievement of
learning targets in standards-based grading systems? - CORRECT
ANSWER Teachers are able to help students focus on learning goals
and track their progress.
A grading scale reflects the following details:
4 achievement levels — Advanced
3 achievement levels — Meets expectations
2 achievement levels — Partial mastery
1 achievement level — Little or no mastery
,Which grading system does this grading scale represent? - CORRECT
ANSWER Standards-based grading
How do standards-based grading systems support struggling students
compared to other common grading systems? - CORRECT ANSWER
By allowing students to redo lessons and assignments as many times as
necessary
What is one difference between using criterion-referenced scoring in
standards-based grading systems as opposed to using norm-referenced
scoring? - CORRECT ANSWER Criterion-referenced scoring
measures student progress toward mastery of specific criteria, while norm-
referenced scoring measures progress relative to percentiles.
What is a criticism of standards-based grading systems? - CORRECT
ANSWER They do not reflect students' proficiency in soft skills such as
time management and creativity.
Which problematic assessment practice does standards-based grading
help teachers avoid? - CORRECT ANSWER Tagging multiple
standards
Which statement is a criticism of standards-based grading systems? -
CORRECT ANSWER Assessments are too narrowly focused.
How are measurement topics beneficial to teachers? - CORRECT
ANSWER 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 grades 6-8
text complexity band proficiently with scaffolding as needed, at the high end
of the range" (Common Core Standards Initiative, 2021).
, Which terms reflect the content of the standard? - CORRECT ANSWER
Stories, dramas, poems
A teacher must determine a relevant focus statement based on this
standard for a U.S. history course:
"The student understands the differences between the economic,
technological, and human resources of both sides of a conflict."
Which focus statement reflects this standard? - CORRECT ANSWER
Knows about the materials that contributed to an event and its outcome
Which focus statement represents procedural knowledge? - CORRECT
ANSWER Composes sentences using a keyboard
Which focus statement represents declarative knowledge? - CORRECT
ANSWER Comprehends who the antagonist is in a short story
Which focus statement represents procedural knowledge? - CORRECT
ANSWER Writes Roman numerals from 1 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 the Magna Carta, the English Bill of
Rights (1689), the American Declaration of Independence (1776), the
French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789), and the
U.S. Bill of Rights (1791)" (California Department of Education, 1998).
Which measurement topic aligns to the given standard? - CORRECT
ANSWER Historical documents
A high school theater arts teacher is reviewing the following standard for
the curriculum and making note of the measurement topics:
LATEST VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH STUDY GUIDE DETAILED AND VERIFIED
FOR GUARANTEED PASS, LATEST UPDATE
2025 GRADED A
What is a benefit of a standards-based grading system for high-achieving
students? - CORRECT ANSWER Instruction can be easily adjusted to
provide new, more complex learning targets.
How is a narrative-based system different than a standards-based grading
system? - CORRECT ANSWER The standards-based grading system
uses proficiency scores, but the narrative grading system does not.
Which factor distinguishes norm-referenced grading from standards-based
grading? - CORRECT ANSWER Performance of the rest of the class
What is a benefit of using standards-based grading compared to norm-
referenced grading? - CORRECT ANSWER Standards-based grading
is more focused on the learning targets than norm-referenced grading.
Why do teachers only grade student work related to the achievement of
learning targets in standards-based grading systems? - CORRECT
ANSWER Teachers are able to help students focus on learning goals
and track their progress.
A grading scale reflects the following details:
4 achievement levels — Advanced
3 achievement levels — Meets expectations
2 achievement levels — Partial mastery
1 achievement level — Little or no mastery
,Which grading system does this grading scale represent? - CORRECT
ANSWER Standards-based grading
How do standards-based grading systems support struggling students
compared to other common grading systems? - CORRECT ANSWER
By allowing students to redo lessons and assignments as many times as
necessary
What is one difference between using criterion-referenced scoring in
standards-based grading systems as opposed to using norm-referenced
scoring? - CORRECT ANSWER Criterion-referenced scoring
measures student progress toward mastery of specific criteria, while norm-
referenced scoring measures progress relative to percentiles.
What is a criticism of standards-based grading systems? - CORRECT
ANSWER They do not reflect students' proficiency in soft skills such as
time management and creativity.
Which problematic assessment practice does standards-based grading
help teachers avoid? - CORRECT ANSWER Tagging multiple
standards
Which statement is a criticism of standards-based grading systems? -
CORRECT ANSWER Assessments are too narrowly focused.
How are measurement topics beneficial to teachers? - CORRECT
ANSWER 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 grades 6-8
text complexity band proficiently with scaffolding as needed, at the high end
of the range" (Common Core Standards Initiative, 2021).
, Which terms reflect the content of the standard? - CORRECT ANSWER
Stories, dramas, poems
A teacher must determine a relevant focus statement based on this
standard for a U.S. history course:
"The student understands the differences between the economic,
technological, and human resources of both sides of a conflict."
Which focus statement reflects this standard? - CORRECT ANSWER
Knows about the materials that contributed to an event and its outcome
Which focus statement represents procedural knowledge? - CORRECT
ANSWER Composes sentences using a keyboard
Which focus statement represents declarative knowledge? - CORRECT
ANSWER Comprehends who the antagonist is in a short story
Which focus statement represents procedural knowledge? - CORRECT
ANSWER Writes Roman numerals from 1 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 the Magna Carta, the English Bill of
Rights (1689), the American Declaration of Independence (1776), the
French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789), and the
U.S. Bill of Rights (1791)" (California Department of Education, 1998).
Which measurement topic aligns to the given standard? - CORRECT
ANSWER Historical documents
A high school theater arts teacher is reviewing the following standard for
the curriculum and making note of the measurement topics:
