Which instrument assesses reading, spelling, and arithmetic and is designed to assess basic academic skills across ages 5 through 94?

• A. SAT
• B. Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT-5)
• C. GRE
• D. MBTI

Answer: (B)

The key idea here is an instrument that directly measures basic academic skills—reading, spelling, and arithmetic—for people across a very wide age range. The Wide Range Achievement Test is specifically designed for that purpose. It’s normed to be used with individuals from ages 5 through 94, and it assesses core academic skills in reading, spelling, and math. This makes it suitable for classroom use with children as well as clinical or educational evaluation with adolescents and adults, to identify learning difficulties, monitor progress, or document achievement levels over time.

Other options are designed for different purposes. The SAT targets college readiness for high school and college-bound students, not a broad age range or basic skills assessment. The GRE is for graduate admissions, focusing on higher-level verbal and quantitative reasoning rather than basic academic skills. The MBTI is a personality inventory, not an achievement measure of reading, spelling, or arithmetic.