WGU D184 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE

WGU D184 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE How are measurement topics beneficial to teachers? - Answers They help teachers identify a small set of themes to focus on during instruction Which focus statement represents procedural knowledge? - Answers Composes sentences using a keyboard Writes Roman numerals from 1 to 100 How do standards-based grading systems support struggling students compared to other common grading systems? - Answers By allowing students to redo lessons and assignments as many times as necessary Which problematic assessment practice does standards-based grading help teachers avoid? - Answers Tagging multiple standards What is a benefit of using standards-based grading compared to norm-referenced grading? - Answers Standards-based grading is more focused on the learning targets than norm-referenced grading. Which statement is a criticism of standards-based grading systems? - Answers Assessments are too narrowly focused. They do not reflect students' proficiency in soft skills such as time management and creativity. A teacher wants to design a proficiency scale that will consider each student's varied level of understanding of the measurement topics. Which type of proficiency scale offers this benefit? - Answers Half-point scale Half-point scale - Answers 1.5 2.5 3.5 How do proficiency scales help teachers create assessments? - Answers They provide a continuum of knowledge levels and skills related to a specified standard. How do proficiency scales address weaknesses in standardized performance assessments? - Answers By providing specific feedback to students How can teachers use proficiency scales to facilitate learning progress? - Answers Explain to students how the learning targets can be used to progress toward a standard measured on a scale What characteristic of parallel assessments refers to the measuring of the same trait on all forms of the test? - Answers Unidimensionality What is a characteristic of parallel assessments? - Answers They assess the full scope of a standard or learning objective. What is the purpose of parallel assessments? - Answers To determine a student's depth of knowledge of a measurement topic To track student progress on singular learning objectives Which example illustrates response-code scoring? - Answers High partial accuracy (HP) Which statement accurately describes response-code scoring for a traditional test? - Answers Each answer on a student's test is given a label, and the pattern of labels is used to determine the student's level of proficiency. A teacher is developing an assessment blueprint that includes a standard four-point proficiency scale. How should the teacher allocate the number of items for each proficiency level? - Answers Include a decreasing number of items for each level as complexity increases Which component of an assessment blueprint increases complexity? - Answers Item types A teacher wants to design assessments that assess individual students at their specific proficiency level. What should be included in the assessment blueprint to ensure the proper complexity levels are assessed for each student? - Answers A screener Which components of an assessment blueprint ensure proper assessment coverage? - Answers Percentage of items and difficulty level for each topic Which components of an assessment blueprint ensure proper assessment coverage? - Answers Percentage of items and difficulty level for each topic Which score must be considered when using the method of mounting evidence to determine a student's summative score? - Answers The most frequent score on all assessments What indicates the concept of best fit when analyzing assessment scores? - Answers The lowest percentage of error between actual and predicted scores Why are mathematical models used in standards-based grading? - Answers To estimate student true summative scores How is a student's true score related to the error score? - Answers The true score is an estimate of the actual score if the student had a zero-error score. What is important to consider about the accuracy of true scores when assessing student knowledge? - Answers True scores are accurate measures of student knowledge, but efforts