WGU D184 STANDARDS BASED GRADING
ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● Half Point Score Values
Answer: Used in proficiency scales for mastery at one level, but does not
meet all of the criteria for the next level.
●● Generic Scale
Answer: Used for every topic where students are rated 1-4 based on their
knowledge. These are not topic-specific; for example, a level 3 is on
grade level, but no other specific information is provided.
●● Consistency of Behavior
Answer: Not to be used on a proficiency scale, as this is a qualifying
type of scale which uses the words sometimes, always, seldom etc.
●● Definitional Declarative Knowledge
Answer: Defining characteristics of something, describe or explain
●● Cognitive Analysis Declarative Knowledge
Answer: Determining, organizing, analysis
,●● Mental Procedural Knowledge
Answer: Skills or processes, evaluates
●● Parallel Assessments
Answer: Monitor students growth on the same skills multiple times.
●● Assessment Blueprint
Answer: Created to ensure assessments are aligned with learning targets.
●● Method of Mounting Evidence
Answer: Determine what the students' summative score should be based
on prior patterns of scores.
●● True score
Answer: Recognizes that there is some inherent error on a test, its' an
estimation, the true level of understanding
●● Observed Score
Answer: = True Score + Error Score
●● Aberrant pattenrs
Answer: you need to determine if the pattern is reliable or if the student
was having a bad day etc.
,●● Standards Referenced Grading Systems
Answer: students demonstrate learning outcomes based on standards.
●● Standards-Based Grading
Answer: one standard is assessed at a time
●● Standards-Based Grading
Answer: Assessment results do not contain content outside of the stated
standard.
●● Measurement Topics
Answer: They help identify content and skills to be tested.
●● Measurement Topics
Answer: Concepts
●● Declarative Knowledge
Answer: Understanding concepts without application
●● Procedural Knowledge
Answer: Demonstration is a method of illustrating procedural
knowledge
, ●● Parallel Assessments
Answer: given to measure student progress on one standard over time
●● Unidimensionality
Answer: Parallel Assessments
●● Parallel Assessments
Answer: remove much of the error from student scores to provide a true
score
●● Point Scoring Method
Answer: It is used to determine the percentage of available points a
student earned on sections of a test, which is translated into a score on a
proficiency scale
●● Response Code Scoring
Answer: Each student answer is marked with labels, and the pattern of
labels is then examined to determine the student's level of proficiency.
●● method of mounting evidence
Answer: It estimates summative scores over time based on observed
patterns
ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● Half Point Score Values
Answer: Used in proficiency scales for mastery at one level, but does not
meet all of the criteria for the next level.
●● Generic Scale
Answer: Used for every topic where students are rated 1-4 based on their
knowledge. These are not topic-specific; for example, a level 3 is on
grade level, but no other specific information is provided.
●● Consistency of Behavior
Answer: Not to be used on a proficiency scale, as this is a qualifying
type of scale which uses the words sometimes, always, seldom etc.
●● Definitional Declarative Knowledge
Answer: Defining characteristics of something, describe or explain
●● Cognitive Analysis Declarative Knowledge
Answer: Determining, organizing, analysis
,●● Mental Procedural Knowledge
Answer: Skills or processes, evaluates
●● Parallel Assessments
Answer: Monitor students growth on the same skills multiple times.
●● Assessment Blueprint
Answer: Created to ensure assessments are aligned with learning targets.
●● Method of Mounting Evidence
Answer: Determine what the students' summative score should be based
on prior patterns of scores.
●● True score
Answer: Recognizes that there is some inherent error on a test, its' an
estimation, the true level of understanding
●● Observed Score
Answer: = True Score + Error Score
●● Aberrant pattenrs
Answer: you need to determine if the pattern is reliable or if the student
was having a bad day etc.
,●● Standards Referenced Grading Systems
Answer: students demonstrate learning outcomes based on standards.
●● Standards-Based Grading
Answer: one standard is assessed at a time
●● Standards-Based Grading
Answer: Assessment results do not contain content outside of the stated
standard.
●● Measurement Topics
Answer: They help identify content and skills to be tested.
●● Measurement Topics
Answer: Concepts
●● Declarative Knowledge
Answer: Understanding concepts without application
●● Procedural Knowledge
Answer: Demonstration is a method of illustrating procedural
knowledge
, ●● Parallel Assessments
Answer: given to measure student progress on one standard over time
●● Unidimensionality
Answer: Parallel Assessments
●● Parallel Assessments
Answer: remove much of the error from student scores to provide a true
score
●● Point Scoring Method
Answer: It is used to determine the percentage of available points a
student earned on sections of a test, which is translated into a score on a
proficiency scale
●● Response Code Scoring
Answer: Each student answer is marked with labels, and the pattern of
labels is then examined to determine the student's level of proficiency.
●● method of mounting evidence
Answer: It estimates summative scores over time based on observed
patterns
