Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Launches Woodcock-Johnson IV: New Enhanced Program Adds Oral Language Measurements for Holistic Assessment

Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced the next generation of its Woodcock-Johnson® Assessment Suite – the trusted, groundbreaking leader in individually-administered assessments. Announced today at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Annual Convention in Washington, DC, the Woodcock-Johnson IV offers three independent and co-normed batteries of measurement that provide a comprehensive, contemporary assessment suite to measure cognitive abilities, achievement, and oral language.

The Woodcock-Johnson IV includes a comprehensive measure of oral language, providing practitioners with insights into a student’s strengths and the confidence to address potential language disorders. The new features allow psychologists, teachers, and speech language pathologists to analyze how a student’s academic achievement is related to their ability to comprehend oral language – all grounded in a common normative base.

Ideal for supporting Response to Intervention (RTI) models, the Woodcock-Johnson Assessment Suite provides three achievement batteries to measure growth across key academic areas. By offering the most comprehensive analysis of cognitive abilities available on the market, the suite evaluates specific skill deficits, strengths, and students’ basic psychological processes. Through selective testing tailored to a student’s specific needs, professionals can more accurately determine interventions.

“This fourth edition is our most comprehensive and flexible individual assessment yet – one that psychologists, teachers, and speech language pathologists can rely upon to provide them with information that is critical to address learning problems,” said Jim Nicholson, President, HMH-Riverside. “The results of an evaluation from the Woodcock-Johnson IV will equip educators with tools that no other assessment can provide.”

Attendees of the NASP Conference can visit HMH’s booth (#213) for more information on the Woodcock-Johnson IV. Visitors will also have the opportunity to meet the Woodcock author team, including Fredrick A. Schrank, on February 19.

For more information on the Woodcock-Johnson IV, available early summer 2014, please click here.

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