WIAT - Wechsler Individual Achievement Reading Composite Subtests Questions and Answers

Question 1

An examiner administers the WIAT-4 to a 5th-grade student and calculates the main Reading Composite score. Which of the following subtests are required to form this specific composite?

Accepted Answer

Word Reading, Reading Comprehension, Pseudoword Decoding, and Oral Reading Fluency

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Word Reading, Phonemic Proficiency, and Orthographic Fluency

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Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, and Oral Expression

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Oral Reading Fluency, Decoding Fluency, and Orthographic Fluency

Question 2

A psychologist is evaluating a student who struggles to sound out new words but has a strong sight-word vocabulary. To specifically assess the student's ability to apply phonic rules to novel words, which WIAT-4 subtest would be most informative?

Accepted Answer

Pseudoword Decoding

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Word Reading

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Reading Comprehension

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Oral Reading Fluency

Question 3

A student's evaluation report indicates a low score on the WIAT-4 Oral Reading Fluency subtest. This score is primarily based on which two factors?

Accepted Answer

Reading speed and accuracy

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Passage comprehension and prosody

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Decoding of single words and non-words

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Answering literal and inferential questions

Question 4

Which of the following WIAT-4 composite scores is designed to provide the most focused assessment of an individual's foundational decoding and phonological skills?

Accepted Answer

Basic Reading Composite

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Reading Comprehension & Fluency Composite

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Total Reading Composite

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Oral Language Composite

Question 5

An examiner needs to assess a student's ability to understand written text, including making inferences and recalling details from passages. Which WIAT-4 subtest directly measures these skills?

Accepted Answer

Reading Comprehension

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Listening Comprehension

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Word Reading

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Oral Reading Fluency

Question 6

The WIAT-4 introduced the Reading Fluency Composite to provide a more detailed analysis of efficient reading. This composite is comprised of which three subtests?

Accepted Answer

Oral Reading Fluency, Orthographic Fluency, and Decoding Fluency

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Word Reading, Pseudoword Decoding, and Reading Comprehension

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Reading Comprehension, Oral Reading Fluency, and Listening Comprehension

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Phonemic Proficiency, Word Reading, and Pseudoword Decoding