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A great staple read for school psychologists

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 11, 2019

The Essentials book for the WJ-IV ACH test is very helpful and informative! As a grad school student, this book has helped me understand the test broken down by clusters and items. I've found that report writing is now easier since reading this book because the terminology for each test is explained in layman's terms and easy to interpret. I highly recommend!

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John A. Bryan

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 21, 2015

Perhaps this rating is a result of unfair expectations. I have been a psychologist for nearly 20 years, and I feel this book provides a relatively cursory understanding of the WJ-IV Achievement. Much of the presented information can be found in the examiner's manual, and the interpretive sections offer little in the way of new insight.

I use both the Wechsler and the Woodcock-Johnson, practically interchangeably. For the WISC-IV (Wechsler for WJ, intelligence for achievement, apples and oranges, I know), I used both the WISV-IV Clinical Use and Interpretation and the Essentials of WISV-IV Assessment. I might find more value in this items when I discover a fair counterpart to the Essentials of WJ IV.

I don't wish to discourage others from this resource but, for me, it was too light on substance. If you have access to the Examiner's Manual, then this book offer just too little for the buck.

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Lauren

A great staple read for school psychologists

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 11, 2019

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Good overview and resource guide for WJ family of assessments, less useful if you only use the WJACH

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 25, 2016

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This book is a nice overview of the WJ IV ACH test. It contains the same information as the examiner's manual, but in a more user-friendly way. There are parts that are more detailed than the examiner's manual, such as explaining certain scores and theories in more detail. I did find a few errors (the table that shows which calculation items are in each category is incorrect for Form A). If you are new to this assessment this would be a great manual. However, if you use the WISC cognitive assessment instead of the WJ COG this will be less useful as much of the information in this manual is about comparing the WJ ACH with the other WJ assessments.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 30, 2019

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Great overview of the Woodcock Johnson. Very helpful for professionals within the field of education.

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Like the other books in this series

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 17, 2016

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This was helpful when writing my interpretation of test results. Like the other books in this series, it provides a wealth of information. The only negative is the small print. It is very difficult for me to read even with my glasses on. :)

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Kate K

Worth It!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 23, 2019

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This product is a great reference for giving the WJ tests.

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R. Brockman

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 19, 2017

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Purchased for someone else who states it is very helpful if you are using the test or hoping to become one who performs the test.

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mrrco10

Worth having

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 1, 2019

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Glad to have purchased it

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Holly

The read is easy to understand and laid out really well

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 21, 2016

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Needed book for my MA. The read is easy to understand and laid out really well.

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John A. Bryan

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 21, 2015

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Kay

A Must Have

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 20, 2017

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A must have. I refer to this often and find it invaluable!

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