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- Riverside Publishing has generously donated a Woodcock Johnson IV Test of Cognitive Abilities, with a retail value of nearly $2000, to be raffled off for a lucky member of MSPA!
- If you have questions about this or other Riverside Products, please contact: Lauren Wallack, M.S.Senior Assessment Consultant, Clinical Assessments, Lauren.wallack@riversideinsights.com, 317-364-8432
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- Raffle tickets are available to purchase until noon on Friday April 28, 2023.
- The winner will be announced no later than Monday, May 1.
The Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities – Fourth Edition (WJ-IV COG; Schrank, McGrew, & Mather, 2014) is an individually-administered, norm-referenced instrument that measures general intellectual ability (g) and specific cognitive abilities in persons age 2 to 90+ years old. It is a theory-based test that aligns with contemporary Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory. The WJ-IV COG is organized into 18 tests for measuring general intellectual ability, broad and narrow cognitive abilities, academic domain-specific aptitudes, and related aspects of cognitive functioning. Ten tests are included in the Standard Battery, and 8 additional tests are available for the Extended Battery. Different combinations of these tests can be administered to yield various composite scores including the General Intellectual Ability (GIA); CHC Factors including: Comprehension-Knowledge (Gc), Fluid Reasoning (Gf), Short-Term Working Memory (Gwm), Cognitive Processing Speed (Gs), Auditory Processing (Ga), Long-Term Retrieval (Glr), and Visual Processing (Gv); and Narrow Ability and other clinical clusters: Quantitative Reasoning (RQ), Number Facility (N), Perceptual Speed (P), and Cognitive Efficiency. Compared with its predecessor, the WJ-IV COG includes a new Gf-Gc Composite score that allows for comparison with other cognitive abilities, oral language, and achievement; this can inform individualized instruction. The WJ-IV COG is co-normed with the WJ-IV Tests of Achievement (WJ-IV ACH) and the WJ-IV Tests of Oral Language (WJ-IV OL). When used with some tests from the WJ-IV OL, clinical cluster scores in Auditory Memory Span (MS) and Vocabulary (VL/LD) scores can also be derived. A Brief Intellectual Ability is also available based on administration of the first three tests within the Standard Battery. Scoring is web-based.
