2025/2026 EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (EXPERT
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WGU D659
Ace your WGU D659 Monitoring & Assessing Students exam
2025/2026 with confidence. This resource course focuses on effective
strategies for tracking and evaluating student learning, progress
assessment design, data analysis, and feedback techniques to support
student growth. The course prepares educators to use assessments to
inform instruction and improve outcomes.
Benchmark ...... ANSWER ...... To evaluate student
performance against specific benchmarks or standards in
order to gauge overall progress
Progress Monitoring ...... ANSWER ...... To monitor
individual student progress over time to identify areas of
growth or areas needing additional support
Summative ...... ANSWER ...... To measure student
achievement at the end of a learning period or unit
, Formative ...... ANSWER ...... To assess student
understanding during the learning process to guide
instruction and provide feedback
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Standardized ...... ANSWER ...... To evaluate student
performance against a predetermined standard to compare
across a larger population
Norm-Referenced ...... ANSWER ...... To compare
individual student performance to that of a normative
group to determine relative standing
Ipsative ...... ANSWER ...... To measure student
progress against their own previous performance rather
than against external standards.
Criterion-Referenced ...... ANSWER ...... To
determine whether students have achieved specific learning
objectives or criteria.
Assessment OF learning (summative assessment) ......
ANSWER ...... 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
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Summative assessment ...... ANSWER ...... 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) ......
ANSWER ...... 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 ...... ANSWER ...... used during
the learning process to gauge student understanding and
guide further learning
Assessment ...... ANSWER ...... mechanism for
gauging students' understanding, progress, and
achievement in various subject areas