Essentials of Wj IV Tests of Achievement

List of contents

Series Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
One Overview 1
Two How to Administer the WJ IV ACH 21
Three How to Score the WJ IV ACH 69
Four How to Interpret the WJ IV ACH 87
Five Use and Interpretation of the WJ IV Tests of Oral Language 159
Six Strengths and Weaknesses of the WJ IV ACH 204
John O. Willis and Ron Dumont
Seven Clinical Applications of the WJ IV ACH 217
Eight Illustrative Case Reports 245
Appendix A Fine Points of WJ IV ACH Administration and WJ IV OL Administration 299
Appendix B Frequently Asked Questions About the WJ IV ACH and the WJ IV OL 311
Appendix C Table for Converting z-Scores (z) to Percentile Ranks (PR) or Standard Scores (SS) 329
References 331
Annotated Bibliography 336
Index 339

About the author

Nancy Mather, PhD, is a Professor at the University of Arizona in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies. She specializes in the areas of assessment, reading, writing, and learning disabilities. She has served as a learning disabilities teacher, a diagnostician, and an educational consultant.
Barbara J. Wendling, MA, is the Education Director of the Woodcock-Muñoz Foundation and the Director of the Richard Woodcock Institute. She is a co-author of the manuals for the WJ IV^® and the Woodcock Interpretation and Instructional Interventions Programs. She has served as a general education teacher, a learning disabilities specialist, a product manager for a test publishing company, and an educational consultant.

Product details

• Authors: Nancy Mather, Nancy (University of Arizona) Mather, Nancy (University of Arizona) Wendling Mather, Mather Nancy, Barbara J Wendling, Barbara J. (Evanston Wendling, Wendling Barbara J.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.02.2015
• EAN: 9781118799154
• ISBN: 978-1-118-79915-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Essentials of Psychological Assessment
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement, Psychological testing & measurement, Psychological testing and measurement