WGU - Assessing and Monitoring
Student Learning - D659 Exam
Question & Answers 2025
Benchmark - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To evaluate student
performance against specific benchmarks or standards in order to
gauge overall progress
Progress Monitoring - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To monitor
individual student progress over time to identify areas of growth or
areas needing additional support
Summative - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To measure student
achievement at the end of a learning period or unit
Formative - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To assess student
understanding during the learning process to guide instruction and
provide feedback
Standardized - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To evaluate student
performance against a predetermined standard to compare across a
larger population
Norm-Referenced - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To compare individual
student performance to that of a normative group to determine
relative standing
, WGU - Assessing and Monitoring
Student Learning - D659 Exam
Question & Answers 2025
Ipsative - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To measure student progress
against their own previous performance rather than against external
standards.
Criterion-Referenced - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To determine
whether students have achieved specific learning objectives or criteria.
Assessment OF learning (summative assessment) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔takes place at the end of a lesson or unit to see how much
students have learned; usually involves tests, projects, or other
activities that show what students know and can do
Summative assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a tool for
evaluating student learning at specific points, such as at the end of a
unit, semester, or academic year; often in the form of a quiz or test
Assessment FOR learning (formative assessment) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔a way for teachers to understand how well students learn as they
teach; helps teachers decide what to teach next and how to teach it
better
Formative assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔used during the
learning process to gauge student understanding and guide further
learning
Student Learning - D659 Exam
Question & Answers 2025
Benchmark - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To evaluate student
performance against specific benchmarks or standards in order to
gauge overall progress
Progress Monitoring - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To monitor
individual student progress over time to identify areas of growth or
areas needing additional support
Summative - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To measure student
achievement at the end of a learning period or unit
Formative - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To assess student
understanding during the learning process to guide instruction and
provide feedback
Standardized - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To evaluate student
performance against a predetermined standard to compare across a
larger population
Norm-Referenced - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To compare individual
student performance to that of a normative group to determine
relative standing
, WGU - Assessing and Monitoring
Student Learning - D659 Exam
Question & Answers 2025
Ipsative - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To measure student progress
against their own previous performance rather than against external
standards.
Criterion-Referenced - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To determine
whether students have achieved specific learning objectives or criteria.
Assessment OF learning (summative assessment) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔takes place at the end of a lesson or unit to see how much
students have learned; usually involves tests, projects, or other
activities that show what students know and can do
Summative assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a tool for
evaluating student learning at specific points, such as at the end of a
unit, semester, or academic year; often in the form of a quiz or test
Assessment FOR learning (formative assessment) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔a way for teachers to understand how well students learn as they
teach; helps teachers decide what to teach next and how to teach it
better
Formative assessment - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔used during the
learning process to gauge student understanding and guide further
learning
