Wide Range Achievement Test Wide Range Achievement History and Development 2

Question 1

Which WRAT edition was the first to offer two equivalent alternate forms (Form 1 and Form 2)?

Accepted Answer

WRAT4

Answer

The WRAT4 was the first edition to include two equivalent alternate forms for repeated testing.

Question 2

What was the subtest formerly called 'Arithmetic' renamed to in the WRAT4?

Accepted Answer

Math Computation

Answer

The Arithmetic subtest was renamed Math Computation in the WRAT4 to better describe its content.

Question 3

The WRAT was originally designed primarily for use with which population?

Accepted Answer

Children and adults across a broad age range

Answer

From its origins, the WRAT was designed to assess basic academic skills across a wide age range of children and adults.

Question 4

Frederick Jastak was primarily affiliated with which US university?

Accepted Answer

University of Delaware

Answer

Frederick Jastak was associated with the University of Delaware, where much of the WRAT's early development occurred.

Question 5

The WRAT-R (Revised) was published in approximately what year?

Accepted Answer

1984

Answer

The WRAT-R was published in 1984, updating the original 1946 instrument.

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