Copyright 2012
Business Wire, Inc.
Business Wire
July 23, 2012 Monday
2:00 PM GMT
Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Launches Next-Generation Assessment System
Solution
is ideal for targeting specific skill deficits; expands to ELL students
BOSTON
Global
education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced that its
Riverside division has released the next generation of the Woodcock Johnson
suite of assessment products - the Woodcock Interpretation and InstructionalInterventions Program(TM) (WIIIP) 2.0. The new system provides users with the
tools necessary to make sound clinical and instructional decisions across many
solutions in the Woodcock Johnson suite of assessments. Whereas some Clinical
assessments on the market merely provide the scoring mechanism, the WIIIP 2.0
goes two steps further, giving users interpretation guidance and instructional
interventions for each student. WIIIP 2.0 has also expanded interventions to
English Language Learners (ELL), empowering educators to overcome language barriers
and correctly assess each student.
Built
to broaden the benefits of earlier versions, WIIIP 2.0 provides an updated
database of research-based interventions-more than 500 in total. The assessment
will then assist the educator to analyze results to correctly identify
disparities between achievement and predicted achievement based on cognitive
ability levels. If a learning gap is identified, WIIIP 2.0 provides unique
interventions to ensure that each student's needs are met.
WIIIP
2.0 builds on existing features with the addition of:
* New interventions that are included for
the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) cognitive factors, representing dozens of new
interventions or accommodations.
* New interventions that are specifically
intended for English Language Learners (ELL).
* Item-level mathematics procedures for two
mathematics tests, which help to identify gaps in mathematical knowledge and
receive formative interventions to address any underlying undeveloped
mathematics skill.
* Three reports that can be printed in
Spanish, which include the summary, score report, and proficiency profile
report.
"This
new release of WIIIP is exciting not only because it offers new interventions,
but because non-native speakers can benefit," said Jim Nicholson,
President of Riverside, the testing and assessment division of HMH.
"Version 2.0 reflects the needs of today's school psychologists and
practitioners."
The
Woodcock Johnson family of products includes more than a dozen assessments,
which are all steeped in years of research and evidence-based inquiry.
"Not
only does the WIIIP 2.0 meets today's needs, it provides assessment
professionals with a bridge to the future - the assessment-intervention
link," says WIIIP 2.0 author Dr. Fred Schrank. "The Woodcock-Johnson
suite of products remains at the forefront of the assessment-intervention link,
and the updated and enhanced version of the WIIIP was created to meet the needs
of assessment professionals functioning in, or navigating toward, modern service
delivery models."
WIIIP
2.0 is available as a kit or a downloadable upgrade for current 1.1 users. For
more information on this product or the rest of the Woodcock Johnson suite of
assessments, please visit http://www.riversidepublishing.com
.
About
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt is a global learning company with the mission of changing
lives by fostering passionate, curious learners. Among the world's largest
providers of pre-K-12 education solutions and one of its longest-established
publishing houses, HMH combines cutting-edge research, editorial excellence and
technological innovation to improve teaching and learning environments and
solve complex literacy and education challenges. HMH's interactive,
results-driven education solutions are utilized by 60 million students in 120
countries, and its renowned and awarded novels, non-fiction, children's books
and reference works are enjoyed by readers throughout the world. For more information,
visit www.hmhco.com .
CONTACT:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Bianca
Olson, 617-351-3841
Director,
Corporate Communications
Bianca.olson@hmhpub.com
A PDF copy of this announcement can be found here.
Conflict of interest disclosure: I, Kevin McGrew, am a coauthor of the WJ III.
