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Introduce For Woodcock Johnson IV
Introduce For Woodcock Johnson IV
of the Woodcock-Johnson
Structural Changes
8 New Tests
WJ III WJ IV
2 Batteries 3 Batteries
Tests of Cognitive Abilities Tests of Cognitive Abilities
Tests of Achievement Tests of Oral Language
Tests of Achievement
WJ III Tests of Cognitive Abilities WJ IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities
Standard and Extended Standard and Extended
20 tests 18 tests
Diagnostic Supplement (Tests 21-31) (no Diagnostic Supplement)
(no oral language battery) WJ IV Tests of Oral Language
(some OL tests were in the ACH) 1 test book
12 tests (9 English, 3 Spanish)
WJ III Tests of Achievement WJ IV Tests of Achievement
Standard and Extended Standard and Extended
Form A and B (Std/Ext) 3 Forms of Standard (A, B, C)
Form C – brief form 1 Form of Extended (for use w/all 3 forms)
Test Record included all tests (Std/Ext) Test Record include Std forms and Ext
Qualitative checklists for Tests 1-11
Norms Norms
8000+ 7400+
Ages 2 to 90+ Ages 2 to 90+
Compuscore Web based Scoring and reporting
Included with test kits Electronic test records
Summary narrative No summary narrative
Can only print profiles (AE/GE, PR/SS) Can save profiles as PDFs
Scores Scores
4 levels of interpretive information 4 levels of interpretive information
Informal, AE/GE, RPI/zones, SS/PR, variation and Informal, AE/GE, RPI/zones, SS/PR, variation,
discrepancy PRs discrepancy/comparison PRs
Test Session Observation Checklist Test Session Observation Checklist
Variations Variations
Intra-cognitive Intra-cognitive
Intra-achievement Intra-oral language
Intra-Individual Intra-achievement
Academic Skills/Fluency/Applications
Discrepancy Procedures Discrepancy/Comparison Procedures
GIA-Std/Achievement GIA/Achievement
GIA-Ext/Achievement Scholastic Aptitude/Achievement
Predicted Achievement/Achievement Gf-Gc/other abilities
Oral Language-Ext/Achievement Broad Oral Language/Achievement
Academic Knowledge/Achievement
Authors Authors
Woodcock, McGrew, Mather Schrank, McGrew, Mather, Woodcock
Tests in ACH Standard Battery
COG-18
Core Tests of Oral Language
• Comprehension-Knowledge-Extended
– Tests: Picture Vocabulary, Oral Vocabulary, General
Information
– 3 tests measuring acquired language-based knowledge
• Gf-Gc composite
• Scholastic Aptitudes
• Perceptual Speed
• Quantitative Reasoning
• Number Facility
• Cognitive Efficiency
• Auditory Memory Span*
• Vocabulary*
2 Reading
2 Math
2 Writing
Perceptual Speed (Gs-P)
• Comprehension Knowledge
• Fluid Reasoning
• Short Term Working Memory
• Cognitive Processing Speed
• Auditory Processing
• Long Term Retrieval
• Visual Processing
WJ IV COG Summary
Lauren DeFrancesco
National Account Executive
Riverside Publishing/HMH
(317) 364-8432
Lauren.DeFrancesco@hmhco.com