The document announces a new early childhood assessment called the Woodcock-Johnson ECAD. It measures general intellectual ability, early academic skills, and expressive language skills for children ages 2 to 7 through 10 brief tests administered on a single test easel. Scores provide information to help assessors determine special education eligibility. Examiners can now access online scoring and reporting for the Woodcock-Johnson tests, including the new ECAD.

1. Introducing the
Woodcock-Johnson ECAD
Dynamic Assessment for Early Childhood Examiners
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt™
is proud to announce the WJ IV Tests of Early Cognitive and Academic
Development (ECAD™
), a groundbreaking new early childhood assessment from the team that
brought you WJ IV™
.
Featuring artwork and expanded content specifically designed to maximize appeal and usability for all
children ages 2:6 through 7:11 and children with cognitive developmental delays through age 9:11, the ten-test
ECAD battery measures general intellectual ability, early academic skills, and expressive language skills—all
in a single test easel.
Tests available through ECAD include:
• Memory for Names • Sentence Repetition (Early Form)
• Sound Blending (Early Form) • Rapid Picture Naming (Early Form)
• Picture Vocabulary (Early Form) • Letter-Word Identification (Early Form)
• Verbal Analogies • Number Sense
• Visual Closure • Writing (Early Form)
With its combination of unique new material and early-form content adapted
from trusted WJ IV tests, ECAD provides a dynamic way for examiners to assess
emerging cognitive abilities and academic skills in young children and children
with cognitive delays using contemporary, theory-based measures.
In addition, ECAD offers percent delay, standard deviation delay, and months
delay scores—helping assessors in many states meet IDEA eligibility
requirements.
Robust Reporting for Meaningful Results
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt now provides free* access
to the WJ Online Scoring and Reporting System for all
Woodcock-Johnson®
Fourth Edition assessments.
This platform allows examiners to easily enter raw scores,
assessment data, and test session observations for any
test in the WJ IV suite of assessments—all within a
secure, web-based environment accessible from
any computer with an Internet connection.
After entering data, examiners can also generate
and review reports for all derived scores and
clusters or download PDFs for easy sharing
and offline review.
*Free access provided with purchase of paper record forms.
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2. Now preschool examiners can have their own Woodcock-Johnson®
test with the WJ IV ECAD. To find out more, contact your local
HMH®
Clinical and Special Needs Assessment Consultant or
visit wjecad.com today!
General Intellectual Ability—
Early Development
Early
Academic Skills
Expressive
Language
ECAD 1 Memory for Names 4
ECAD 2 Sound Blending (Early Form) 4
ECAD 3 Picture Vocabulary (Early Form) 4 4
ECAD 4 Verbal Analogies 4
ECAD 5 Visual Closure 4
ECAD 6 Sentence Repetition (Early Form) 4 4
ECAD 7 Rapid Picture Naming (Early Form) 4
ECAD 8 Letter-Word Identification (Early Form) 4
ECAD 9 Number Sense 4
ECAD 10 Writing (Early Form) 4
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4= Tests required to create the cluster listed.
Flexible Testing Suits a Variety of Needs
ECAD’s assessment clusters can be completed individually or in any combination. Plus, some tests provide information
applicable to multiple clusters, providing examiners with even more options for test customization.
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