WGU D184 Standard-Based Assessment Explore Exam
NEWEST 2025 WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND WELL
DEFIENED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
Proficiency Scales - ANSWER✔✔-Measure student progress towards standard
mastery. Usually a 4pt scale
4=advanced ( in depth application)
3=proficient ( understands target)
2=developing ( partial success)
1=beginning ( with help)
Parallel Assessments - ANSWER✔✔-Multiple assessments given to the same
students over time. Measures and records leaning over time to identify growth
or gaps.
Eliminates error.
Reliability - ANSWER✔✔-Assessment accurately and constantly measures the
same content for ALL STUDENTS. ( same outcome )
Validity - ANSWER✔✔-Refers to the degree which the assessment is relevant to
the content and measures what it's supposed measure.
Unidemensionality - ANSWER✔✔-One aspect ( standard) measured at a time
,Standard based grading system - ANSWER✔✔-Tracks progress toward
achievement towards standards and academic skills using proficiency scales.
Traditional grading system - ANSWER✔✔-Grades calculated based off %, partially
based on nonacademic factors.
Focus statement - ANSWER✔✔-Full standard statement with detail for guidance
and assessment.
Measurement Topic - ANSWER✔✔-Small set of critical topics or themes to focus
on
Declarative Knowledge - ANSWER✔✔-What students UNDERSTAND
facts, ideas, information
(name and explain)
Procedural Knowledge - ANSWER✔✔-BE ABLE TO DO
Skills, strategies, processes
( act or perform tasks)
Assessment Blueprint - ANSWER✔✔-Specifies assessment
skills, assessment types, # of assessments
Proved Proper coverage on blueprint - ANSWER✔✔-% of times and difficulty
level for each topic
Increases blueprint complexity - ANSWER✔✔-Item types ( m.c, essay, matching )
, Response code scoring - ANSWER✔✔-CC ( completely correct)
I ( incorrect)
HP ( high partial accuracy)
LP ( low partial accuracy)
No points, just codes/ letters to label proficiency
Point scoring - ANSWER✔✔-Assign points to each item, proficiency determine by
%
Mounting Evidence - ANSWER✔✔-Use multiple indicators to find patterns of
student achievement and determine summative scores
Linear trend - ANSWER✔✔-Math model in which it's assumed there is a steady
and equal increase in learning over time.
Curvilinear Trend - ANSWER✔✔-Assumption that when initially learning
something, students demonstrate rather large jumps but over time. Increase
flattens out
Average - ANSWER✔✔-The assumption that no learning occurs from assessment
to assessment
( looks like a straight line on a bar graph)
Students scores are combined and averaged
True score - ANSWER✔✔-An estimation of a students actual score on an
assessment if there was no error. Are considered accurate measures of student
NEWEST 2025 WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND WELL
DEFIENED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
Proficiency Scales - ANSWER✔✔-Measure student progress towards standard
mastery. Usually a 4pt scale
4=advanced ( in depth application)
3=proficient ( understands target)
2=developing ( partial success)
1=beginning ( with help)
Parallel Assessments - ANSWER✔✔-Multiple assessments given to the same
students over time. Measures and records leaning over time to identify growth
or gaps.
Eliminates error.
Reliability - ANSWER✔✔-Assessment accurately and constantly measures the
same content for ALL STUDENTS. ( same outcome )
Validity - ANSWER✔✔-Refers to the degree which the assessment is relevant to
the content and measures what it's supposed measure.
Unidemensionality - ANSWER✔✔-One aspect ( standard) measured at a time
,Standard based grading system - ANSWER✔✔-Tracks progress toward
achievement towards standards and academic skills using proficiency scales.
Traditional grading system - ANSWER✔✔-Grades calculated based off %, partially
based on nonacademic factors.
Focus statement - ANSWER✔✔-Full standard statement with detail for guidance
and assessment.
Measurement Topic - ANSWER✔✔-Small set of critical topics or themes to focus
on
Declarative Knowledge - ANSWER✔✔-What students UNDERSTAND
facts, ideas, information
(name and explain)
Procedural Knowledge - ANSWER✔✔-BE ABLE TO DO
Skills, strategies, processes
( act or perform tasks)
Assessment Blueprint - ANSWER✔✔-Specifies assessment
skills, assessment types, # of assessments
Proved Proper coverage on blueprint - ANSWER✔✔-% of times and difficulty
level for each topic
Increases blueprint complexity - ANSWER✔✔-Item types ( m.c, essay, matching )
, Response code scoring - ANSWER✔✔-CC ( completely correct)
I ( incorrect)
HP ( high partial accuracy)
LP ( low partial accuracy)
No points, just codes/ letters to label proficiency
Point scoring - ANSWER✔✔-Assign points to each item, proficiency determine by
%
Mounting Evidence - ANSWER✔✔-Use multiple indicators to find patterns of
student achievement and determine summative scores
Linear trend - ANSWER✔✔-Math model in which it's assumed there is a steady
and equal increase in learning over time.
Curvilinear Trend - ANSWER✔✔-Assumption that when initially learning
something, students demonstrate rather large jumps but over time. Increase
flattens out
Average - ANSWER✔✔-The assumption that no learning occurs from assessment
to assessment
( looks like a straight line on a bar graph)
Students scores are combined and averaged
True score - ANSWER✔✔-An estimation of a students actual score on an
assessment if there was no error. Are considered accurate measures of student
