WGU D184 Standards-Based Assessment
Exam Questions and Answers (2026/2027)
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Solutions | A+
• Focus statement. CORRECT ANSWER: Full standard statement with
detail for guidance and assessment.
• Measurement Topic. CORRECT ANSWER: Small set of critical topics
or themes to focus on
• Declarative Knowledge. CORRECT ANSWER: What students
UNDERSTAND
facts, ideas, information
(name and explain)
• Procedural Knowledge. CORRECT ANSWER: BE ABLE TO DO
Skills, strategies, processes
( act or perform tasks)
• Proficiency Scales. CORRECT ANSWER: Measure student progress
towards standard mastery. Usually a 4pt scale
4=advanced ( in depth application)
3=proficient ( understands target)
2=developing ( partial success)
,1=beginning ( with help)
• Parallel Assessments. CORRECT ANSWER: Multiple assessments
given to the same students over time. Measures and records leaning over
time to identify growth or gaps.
Eliminates error.
• Reliability. CORRECT ANSWER: Assessment accurately and
constantly measures the same content for ALL STUDENTS. ( same
outcome )
• Validity. CORRECT ANSWER: Refers to the degree which the
assessment is relevant to the content and measures what it's supposed
measure.
• Unidemensionality. CORRECT ANSWER: One aspect ( standard)
measured at a time
• Assessment Blueprint. CORRECT ANSWER: Specifies assessment
skills, assessment types, # of assessments
• Proved Proper coverage on blueprint. CORRECT ANSWER: % of
times and difficulty level for each topic
• Increases blueprint complexity. CORRECT ANSWER: Item types (
m.c, essay, matching )
, • Response code scoring. CORRECT ANSWER: CC ( completely
correct)
I ( incorrect)
HP ( high partial accuracy)
LP ( low partial accuracy)
No points, just codes/ letters to label proficiency
• Point scoring. CORRECT ANSWER: Assign points to each item,
proficiency determine by %
• Mounting Evidence. CORRECT ANSWER: Use multiple indicators to
find patterns of student achievement and determine summative scores
• Linear trend. CORRECT ANSWER: Math model in which it's
assumed there is a steady and equal increase in learning over time.
• Curvilinear Trend. CORRECT ANSWER: Assumption that when
initially learning something, students demonstrate rather large jumps but
over time. Increase flattens out
• Average. CORRECT ANSWER: The assumption that no learning
occurs from assessment to assessment
( looks like a straight line on a bar graph)
Students scores are combined and averaged
Exam Questions and Answers (2026/2027)
| Latest Study Questions | Verified Exam
Solutions | A+
• Focus statement. CORRECT ANSWER: Full standard statement with
detail for guidance and assessment.
• Measurement Topic. CORRECT ANSWER: Small set of critical topics
or themes to focus on
• Declarative Knowledge. CORRECT ANSWER: What students
UNDERSTAND
facts, ideas, information
(name and explain)
• Procedural Knowledge. CORRECT ANSWER: BE ABLE TO DO
Skills, strategies, processes
( act or perform tasks)
• Proficiency Scales. CORRECT ANSWER: Measure student progress
towards standard mastery. Usually a 4pt scale
4=advanced ( in depth application)
3=proficient ( understands target)
2=developing ( partial success)
,1=beginning ( with help)
• Parallel Assessments. CORRECT ANSWER: Multiple assessments
given to the same students over time. Measures and records leaning over
time to identify growth or gaps.
Eliminates error.
• Reliability. CORRECT ANSWER: Assessment accurately and
constantly measures the same content for ALL STUDENTS. ( same
outcome )
• Validity. CORRECT ANSWER: Refers to the degree which the
assessment is relevant to the content and measures what it's supposed
measure.
• Unidemensionality. CORRECT ANSWER: One aspect ( standard)
measured at a time
• Assessment Blueprint. CORRECT ANSWER: Specifies assessment
skills, assessment types, # of assessments
• Proved Proper coverage on blueprint. CORRECT ANSWER: % of
times and difficulty level for each topic
• Increases blueprint complexity. CORRECT ANSWER: Item types (
m.c, essay, matching )
, • Response code scoring. CORRECT ANSWER: CC ( completely
correct)
I ( incorrect)
HP ( high partial accuracy)
LP ( low partial accuracy)
No points, just codes/ letters to label proficiency
• Point scoring. CORRECT ANSWER: Assign points to each item,
proficiency determine by %
• Mounting Evidence. CORRECT ANSWER: Use multiple indicators to
find patterns of student achievement and determine summative scores
• Linear trend. CORRECT ANSWER: Math model in which it's
assumed there is a steady and equal increase in learning over time.
• Curvilinear Trend. CORRECT ANSWER: Assumption that when
initially learning something, students demonstrate rather large jumps but
over time. Increase flattens out
• Average. CORRECT ANSWER: The assumption that no learning
occurs from assessment to assessment
( looks like a straight line on a bar graph)
Students scores are combined and averaged
