Woodcock-Johnson® III
Normative Update (WJ III® NU)
WJ III NU
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WJ III NU Authors
Dr. Richard Woodcock
Dr. Kevin McGrew
Dr. Nancy Mather
Dr. Fredrick Schrank
WJ III NU Complete Battery
WJ III NU Complete Battery
Complete Battery Kit Components
• WJ III Normative Update Kit
• WJ III NU Compuscore® and Profiles Program
• WJ III NU Technical Manual
• WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
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Form A Standard and Extended Test Books
25 Record Forms and Subject Response Booklets
Examiner’s Manual
Examiner’s Training Workbook
Audio Recording
• WJ III NU Tests of Cognitive Abilities
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Standard and Extended Test Books
25 Record Forms and Subject Response Booklets
5 General Intellectual Ability (GIA) Record Forms
Examiner’s Manual
Examiner’s Training Workbook
Audio Recording
WJ III NU Organization
WJ III NU
Cognitive
Standard
Battery
Extended
Battery
Achievement
Forms A and B
Standard
Battery
Extended
Battery
10 tests
10 tests
12 tests
10 tests
12 clusters
14 clusters
14 clusters
9 clusters
WJ III NU Standardization
• Original standardization based on the same
sample for both test batteries
• Over 8,800 participants
• Ages 2-90+ years
• More than 100 geographically and
socioeconomically diverse communities
• 2006 Normative Update (details later in the
presentation)
WJ III NU Norming Sites
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
Tests of Achievement Kit Components
• WJ III Normative Update Kit
• WJ III NU Compuscore® and Profiles Program
• WJ III NU Technical Manual
• WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
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Form A Standard and Extended Test Books
25 Record Forms and Subject Response Booklets
Examiner’s Manual
Examiner’s Training Workbook
Audio Recording
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
Standard Battery
Extended Battery
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Test 1: Letter-Word Identification
Test 2: Reading Fluency
Test 3: Passage Comprehension
Test 4: Story Recall
Test 5: Understanding Directions
• Test 13: Word Attack
• Test 14: Reading Vocabulary
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Test 6: Calculation
Test 7: Math Fluency
Test 8: Applied Problems
Test 9: Spelling
• Test 10: Writing Fluency
• Test 11: Writing Samples
• Test 12: Story Recall - Delayed
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Test 15: Picture Vocabulary
Test 16: Oral Comprehension
Test 17: Quantitative Concepts
Test 18: Editing
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Test 19: Academic Knowledge
Test 20: Spelling of Sounds
Test 21: Sound Awareness
Test 22: Punctuation and
Capitalization
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
Meets All Eight Areas of Learning Disability Eligibility Criteria
IDEA
WJ III Test/Cluster
• Oral Expression
• Listening Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Listening Comprehension
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Written Expression
Basic Reading Skills
Reading Comprehension
Reading Fluency
Mathematics Calculation
• Mathematics Reasoning
Written Expression
Basic Reading Skills
Reading Comprehension
Reading Fluency
Math Calculation Skills
• Math Reasoning
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
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WJ III Math Clusters: Math Reasoning
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
Test 10: Applied Problems
• Requires comprehending the nature of a problem,
identifying relevant information, performing
calculations, and stating solution
• No reading is required
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
15. If Maria ate one of these suckers, how many
suckers would be left?
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30. Jay’s car holds fifteen gallons of gas. Yoshi’s
Jay: 15 gallons
car holds ten gallons of gas and Ellen’s car
Yoshi: 10 gallons
holds twenty gallons of gas. How many
Ellen: 20 gallons
more gallons does Jay’s car hold than
Yoshi’s car?
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
Test 18: Quantitative Concepts
• Requires applying mathematical concepts and
analyzing numerical relationships (use Subject
Response Booklet)
• Broken into two subtests
• Each item in 18B: Number Series has a 1-minute
time limit
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
18A: Concepts
3. What number is this?
6. Point to the largest star.
Now point to the
smallest star.
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WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
18B: Number Series
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10.
8
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20.
7
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28
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1.
WJ III Math Clusters: Math Calculation
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
Test 5: Calculation
• Requires calculation of problems ranging from
simple addition facts to calculus (uses SRB)
• Skipped items are scored as a “0”
• Do not point out signs
• Accept reversals but not transposed numbers
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
Sample A:
Make the number “one” in this box.
1.
2+2=
2.
1+1=
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9.
5-1=
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9
+7
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-9
1.05
x .2
28.
-18
+ 12
29.
-6
x7
26.
2+1=
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement
Test 6: Math Fluency
• Requires rapid calculation of single-digit addition,
subtraction, and multiplication facts (uses SRB)
• Time limit of 3 minutes
• Skipped items are not counted
• Scoring overlay is provided
WJ III NU Tests of Achievement