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D184 OA Standards-
Based Assessment – Questions
And Answers
2025
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True score
an estimation of a student's actual score on
an assessment if there were to be no error.
This recognizes that there is some inherent
error in any test.
Mounting evidence
Method used by teachers to use multiple
indicators to find patterns of student
achievement and determine student's
summative scores. Norm Referenced
Grading compare a persons knowledge or
skills to the knowledge or skills of their
peers. An individual students performance
percentile rank describes their performance
relative to the overall group performance.
Criterion Referenced Grading compare a
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student's knowledge and skills against a
predetermined standard, cut score, or other
criterion. Focuses on individual student
growth in relation to a standard.
Parallel Assessments
Multiple assessments given to the same
students over time, assessing the discrete
concepts and skills aligned in the standard.
Parallel assessment Purpose
1. to measure and record student learning
along a continuum so teachers can see
growth and gaps to adjust instruction to
move students to competence.
2. To determine a students depth of
knowledge of a measurement topic.
Parallel Assessment Reliability
D184 OA Standards-
Based Assessment – Questions
And Answers
2025
,2|Page
True score
an estimation of a student's actual score on
an assessment if there were to be no error.
This recognizes that there is some inherent
error in any test.
Mounting evidence
Method used by teachers to use multiple
indicators to find patterns of student
achievement and determine student's
summative scores. Norm Referenced
Grading compare a persons knowledge or
skills to the knowledge or skills of their
peers. An individual students performance
percentile rank describes their performance
relative to the overall group performance.
Criterion Referenced Grading compare a
, 3|Page
student's knowledge and skills against a
predetermined standard, cut score, or other
criterion. Focuses on individual student
growth in relation to a standard.
Parallel Assessments
Multiple assessments given to the same
students over time, assessing the discrete
concepts and skills aligned in the standard.
Parallel assessment Purpose
1. to measure and record student learning
along a continuum so teachers can see
growth and gaps to adjust instruction to
move students to competence.
2. To determine a students depth of
knowledge of a measurement topic.
Parallel Assessment Reliability
