The following information was provided by
Lynne Jaffe
Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement
– Braille Adaptation (WJ III ACH – Braille)
The
purposes of this adaptation are to provide a means of evaluating
the academic achievement of subjects whose primary reading/writing
medium is braille; to maintain the evaluative intent of each item,
test, and cluster; to provide such a test in accordance with
accepted braille test formats; and to provide a single, standard
braille edition of the test.
This adaptation will be available in both uncontracted and
contracted formats and will include a Compuscore® and Profiles
program (Schrank & Woodcock, 2008) specifically developed for
this battery. Publication of the WJ III ACH – Braille is
anticipated for Spring 2009 and has been approved for purchase with
Federal Quota funds. It is the only braille version of the WJ III
Tests of Achievement that has been approved by and developed with
the cooperation of Riverside Publishing
Company.
For
those with an interest in brailling tests initially designed for
print readers, a session on “Issues in Translating Tests into
Braille: WJ III Achievement-Braille Adaptation” will be
presented at the 2009 NASP
and
CECconventions.
.
