D459 TASK 1 2 AND 3 WGU 2026
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SET EXAMINATION
TEST FULL SOLUTION
◉ Summative Assessment. Answer: (measures end-of-course
achievement)
To assess achievement at the end of instruction
Example: End-of-year State test
◉ Accommodations. Answer: Do not change the expectations for
learning
Do not reduce the requirements of the task
◉ Modifications. Answer: Do change the expectations for learning
Do reduce the requirements of the task (e.g., reduce number of
items, alternate assignments, lower-level reading assignments)
For students who require more support or adjustments than
accommodations provide.
◉ Accommodations Commonly Used for Students with Disabilities..
Answer: Presentation accommodations allow a student with a
,disability to access information in ways other than standard visual
or auditory means (e.g., by reading or listening).
Response accommodations allow students with disabilities to
complete instructional assignments or assessments through ways
other than typical verbal or written responses.
Setting accommodations allow for a change in the environment or in
how the environment is structured.
Timing and scheduling accommodations allow students extra time
to complete an activity or a test
◉ Rubrics. Answer: an objective set of guidelines that defines the
criteria used to score or grade an assignment.
◉ Portfolios. Answer: collection of artifacts, or individual work
samples, that represent a student's performance over a period of
time.
Conferencing with students and parents:
PURPOSE: The collected samples of work make clear to students and
parents alike what students are learning and how well they are
learning it.
You can present a summary of the students' achievements and then
support it by showing actual samples of the students' work.
, This provides as comprehensive and complete a report of student
achievement as is possible.
The conference also provides for two-way communication that
permits the student or parent to ask for clarification and to discuss
ways to improve performance.
No better way of reporting student achievement
◉ Self-Assessment. Answer: process of students using specific
criteria to evaluate and reflect on their own work.
◉ Assigning Grades. Answer: Achievement:(i.e., how the student is
performing in relation to expected grade-level goals)
Growth: (i.e., the amount of individual improvement over time)
Habits: (e.g., participation, behavior, effort, attendance)
◉ Evaluating Performance. Answer: Rubrics: an objective set of
guidelines that defines the criteria used to score or grade an
assignment.
Portfolios: collection of artifacts, or individual work samples, that
represent a student's performance over a period of time.
Self-assessment: process of students using specific criteria to
evaluate and reflect on their own work.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SET EXAMINATION
TEST FULL SOLUTION
◉ Summative Assessment. Answer: (measures end-of-course
achievement)
To assess achievement at the end of instruction
Example: End-of-year State test
◉ Accommodations. Answer: Do not change the expectations for
learning
Do not reduce the requirements of the task
◉ Modifications. Answer: Do change the expectations for learning
Do reduce the requirements of the task (e.g., reduce number of
items, alternate assignments, lower-level reading assignments)
For students who require more support or adjustments than
accommodations provide.
◉ Accommodations Commonly Used for Students with Disabilities..
Answer: Presentation accommodations allow a student with a
,disability to access information in ways other than standard visual
or auditory means (e.g., by reading or listening).
Response accommodations allow students with disabilities to
complete instructional assignments or assessments through ways
other than typical verbal or written responses.
Setting accommodations allow for a change in the environment or in
how the environment is structured.
Timing and scheduling accommodations allow students extra time
to complete an activity or a test
◉ Rubrics. Answer: an objective set of guidelines that defines the
criteria used to score or grade an assignment.
◉ Portfolios. Answer: collection of artifacts, or individual work
samples, that represent a student's performance over a period of
time.
Conferencing with students and parents:
PURPOSE: The collected samples of work make clear to students and
parents alike what students are learning and how well they are
learning it.
You can present a summary of the students' achievements and then
support it by showing actual samples of the students' work.
, This provides as comprehensive and complete a report of student
achievement as is possible.
The conference also provides for two-way communication that
permits the student or parent to ask for clarification and to discuss
ways to improve performance.
No better way of reporting student achievement
◉ Self-Assessment. Answer: process of students using specific
criteria to evaluate and reflect on their own work.
◉ Assigning Grades. Answer: Achievement:(i.e., how the student is
performing in relation to expected grade-level goals)
Growth: (i.e., the amount of individual improvement over time)
Habits: (e.g., participation, behavior, effort, attendance)
◉ Evaluating Performance. Answer: Rubrics: an objective set of
guidelines that defines the criteria used to score or grade an
assignment.
Portfolios: collection of artifacts, or individual work samples, that
represent a student's performance over a period of time.
Self-assessment: process of students using specific criteria to
evaluate and reflect on their own work.
