WGU D089 Objective Assessment (NEW 2025/ 2026 Update)
Principles of Economics Guide| Questions & Answers |
Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)
Exam
General Responsibilities of Ethical Practices -
<<<<Answers>>>>1. Protect the health and
safety of all participants
2. Be knowledgeable about and behave in
compliance with state and federal laws
relevant to the conduct of professional
activities
3. Maintain and improve their professional
competence in educational assessment
4. Provide assessment services only in areas
of their competence and experience, affording
full disclosure of their professional
qualifications
5. Promote the understanding of sound
assessment practices in educations
6. Adhere to the highest standards of conduct
and promote professionally responsible
,conduct with educational institutions and
agencies that provide educational services
7. Perform all professional responsibilities with
honesty, integrity, due care, and fairness.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 2002 -
<<<<Answers>>>>is a government mandate to
schools and states to have ALL children up to
grade level with their peers. It set unrealistic
goals and penalized schools that did not make
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The act also
required all teachers become "highly
qualified". With these new benchmarks and
changes to the ways states' addressed
education, came increased accountability.
Failure could mean a decrease in funding or
dissolution of a school/district. Achievement
was linked to standardized testing done grades
3-8 and at least one year during high school.
Tied achievement to annual standardized
tests. These tests are administered to grades
3-8 and at least one year between 9-12th
grades.
,Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1994
(ESEA). Reauthorized -
<<<<Answers>>>>Challenging standards were
set for student achievement and to develop
and administered to "all" students and required
that all schools make "Adequate Yearly
Practice". It also included "special needs
students" in the definition of all students.
States were required to set challenging
standards for student achievement, and
develop and administer assessments to
measure student progress towards those
standards. Federal laws such as ESEA and
IDEA can be seen as legislated attempts to
'raise the bar.'
Instruction is most effective when -
<<<<Answers>>>>1. Directed toward a clearly
defined set of intended learning outcomes.
2. The methods and materials of instruction
are congruent with the outcomes to be
achieved.
3. The instruction is designed to fit the
characteristics and needs of the students.
, 4. Instructional decisions are based on
information that is meaningful, dependable,
and relevant.
5. Students are periodically informed
concerning their learning progress.
6. Remediation is provided for students not
achieving the intended learning.
7. Instructional effectiveness is periodically
reviewed and the intended learning outcomes
and instruction modified as needed.
Assessment is most effective when -
<<<<Answers>>>>1. Designed to assess a
clearly defined set of intended learning
outcomes.
2. The nature and function of the assessments
are congruent with the outcomes to be
assessed.
3. The assessments are designed to fit the
relevant student characteristics and are fair to
everyone.
4. Assessments provide information that is
meaningful, dependable, and relevant.
5. Provision is made for giving the students
early feedback of assessment results.
Principles of Economics Guide| Questions & Answers |
Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)
Exam
General Responsibilities of Ethical Practices -
<<<<Answers>>>>1. Protect the health and
safety of all participants
2. Be knowledgeable about and behave in
compliance with state and federal laws
relevant to the conduct of professional
activities
3. Maintain and improve their professional
competence in educational assessment
4. Provide assessment services only in areas
of their competence and experience, affording
full disclosure of their professional
qualifications
5. Promote the understanding of sound
assessment practices in educations
6. Adhere to the highest standards of conduct
and promote professionally responsible
,conduct with educational institutions and
agencies that provide educational services
7. Perform all professional responsibilities with
honesty, integrity, due care, and fairness.
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) 2002 -
<<<<Answers>>>>is a government mandate to
schools and states to have ALL children up to
grade level with their peers. It set unrealistic
goals and penalized schools that did not make
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The act also
required all teachers become "highly
qualified". With these new benchmarks and
changes to the ways states' addressed
education, came increased accountability.
Failure could mean a decrease in funding or
dissolution of a school/district. Achievement
was linked to standardized testing done grades
3-8 and at least one year during high school.
Tied achievement to annual standardized
tests. These tests are administered to grades
3-8 and at least one year between 9-12th
grades.
,Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1994
(ESEA). Reauthorized -
<<<<Answers>>>>Challenging standards were
set for student achievement and to develop
and administered to "all" students and required
that all schools make "Adequate Yearly
Practice". It also included "special needs
students" in the definition of all students.
States were required to set challenging
standards for student achievement, and
develop and administer assessments to
measure student progress towards those
standards. Federal laws such as ESEA and
IDEA can be seen as legislated attempts to
'raise the bar.'
Instruction is most effective when -
<<<<Answers>>>>1. Directed toward a clearly
defined set of intended learning outcomes.
2. The methods and materials of instruction
are congruent with the outcomes to be
achieved.
3. The instruction is designed to fit the
characteristics and needs of the students.
, 4. Instructional decisions are based on
information that is meaningful, dependable,
and relevant.
5. Students are periodically informed
concerning their learning progress.
6. Remediation is provided for students not
achieving the intended learning.
7. Instructional effectiveness is periodically
reviewed and the intended learning outcomes
and instruction modified as needed.
Assessment is most effective when -
<<<<Answers>>>>1. Designed to assess a
clearly defined set of intended learning
outcomes.
2. The nature and function of the assessments
are congruent with the outcomes to be
assessed.
3. The assessments are designed to fit the
relevant student characteristics and are fair to
everyone.
4. Assessments provide information that is
meaningful, dependable, and relevant.
5. Provision is made for giving the students
early feedback of assessment results.
