Wide Range Achievement Test Wide Range Achievement Word Reading Subtest 2

Question 1

In the WRAT Word Reading subtest, what is the PRIMARY skill being assessed when a student reads isolated words aloud?

Accepted Answer

Decoding and word recognition

Answer

The WRAT Word Reading subtest primarily measures decoding and word recognition by having students read words in isolation without contextual clues.

Question 2

A child scores at the 25th percentile on the WRAT Word Reading subtest. How should this result be interpreted?

Accepted Answer

The child reads below average compared to same-age peers

Answer

The 25th percentile falls below the average range (typically 25th–75th percentile), indicating the child reads below average for their age group.

Question 3

Which type of words appears FIRST in the WRAT Word Reading subtest word list?

Accepted Answer

Simple, short, common words

Answer

The word list begins with simple, short, high-frequency words and progresses to increasingly complex and less common words.

Question 4

When a WRAT examiner marks a word as incorrect, which response qualifies as an error?

Accepted Answer

Mispronunciation of the target word

Answer

A mispronunciation that does not match the correct word is scored as an error, regardless of how confident the student appears.

Question 5

What does a significant discrepancy between WRAT Word Reading and Spelling subtest scores most likely suggest?

Accepted Answer

There may be differential weaknesses in decoding versus encoding skills

Answer

A large gap between Word Reading and Spelling scores can indicate that decoding (reading) and encoding (spelling) skills have developed unevenly.

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