BANK FORESIGHT ASSESSMENT 2026 PASS
CONFIRMED.
⫸ What is the purpose of unpacking standards? Answer: - designing
instruction and assessment
- to adequately measure proficiency for each student
⫸ Using the following standard, given an example focus statement
and measurement topic:
Understands that the Sun supplies heat and light to Earth Answer:
FOCUS STATEMENT
knows the relationship between the Sun and the Earth
MEASUREMENT TOPIC
the Sun and the Earth
⫸ What is declarative knowledge? Answer: students will
UNDERSTAND facts, ideas and information
ex: how many letters are in the English alphabet
⫸ What is procedural knowledge? Answer: students will BE ABLE
TO apply skills, strategies, processes
,ex: how many doors are in your house?
⫸ In a standards-based assessment, what contains the important
information from an unpacked standard and is important enough to
assess multiple times to determine student mastery? Answer:
measurement topic
⫸ What are the three steps to writing focus statements? Answer: 1-
identify the academic standard
2- unpack the standard
3- write focus statements
⫸ What are examples of wording that should be included when
designing specifying goals? Answer: - make
- defend
- predict
- judge
- deduce
⫸ What are two important characteristics of learning goals? Answer:
- goal specificity
- goal difficulty
, ⫸ in the classroom teachers are expected to transmit knowledge
from the ____________ form to the _____________ form Answer:
1- procedural
2- declarative
⫸ How does automaticity relate to declarative and procedural
knowledge? Answer: declarative knowledge is typically connected
with automaticity- students have the ability to recall facts. procedural
knowledge takes time, may not be easily explained and is more hands
on
⫸ What do learning targets do? Answer: - provide an accurate guide
for what students need to learn on daily basis
- establish the criteria for what students need to demonstrate
- the expectations for each lesson
- compels all stakeholders to be aligned across similar grade levels
and subject matter
- keep family members informed of expectations for their students
⫸ Declarative knowledge is found in the _______ of a standard
Answer: nouns
⫸ Procedural knowledge is found in the _______ of a standard
Answer: verbs
⫸ What are the three types of learning targets? Answer: 1- learning
goal targets