Riverside Publishing
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Riverside Publishing Company is a leading publisher of clinical
and educational standardized tests in the United States, headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois
. It is also a charter member of the Association of Test Publishers
.
Riverside Publishing was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a leading educational publisher
in the United States, in 1979, and continues to serve as the corporation’s research and testing division today.
, Massachusetts
. Henry Houghton originally started The Riverside Press in an old Cambridge
building along the banks of the Charles River
.
In 1880, George Mifflin entered into a partnership with Henry Houghton and together founded and led Houghton Mifflin Company. They soon established an educational department and quickly expanded the company's educational offerings.
, Houghton Mifflin became increasingly involved in publishing standardized test
s. The Riverside Publishing Company was officially established as a wholly owned subsidiary
of Houghton Mifflin in 1979.
Riverside Publishing’s national headquarters and editorial offices are located in the Atrium Corporate Center at 3800 Golf Road and Route 53 in the Chicago
suburb of Rolling Meadows. This facility houses the company’s senior management, accounting, sales and marketing
, customer service, educational and clinical assessments, quality assurance, information technology, state contract management, publishing processes, custom assessments departments, and measurement research departments.
. The physical address is 761 District Drive, Itasca
, Illinois
. This facility occupies nearly 50000 square feet (4,645.2 m²) for receiving, sorting, scanning, processing, shipping, and archiving services purposes.
Clinical psychology
Clinical psychology is an integration of science, theory and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development...
and educational standardized tests in the United States, headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. It is also a charter member of the Association of Test Publishers
Association of Test Publishers
The Association of Test Publishers or ATP is an established non-profit trade association representing providers of tests and assessment tools and/or services related to assessment, selection, screening, certification, licensing, educational or clinical uses....
.
Riverside Publishing was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a leading educational publisher
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
in the United States, in 1979, and continues to serve as the corporation’s research and testing division today.
Early history
Riverside originated in 1852 as The Riverside Press, a book printing plant in BostonBoston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. Henry Houghton originally started The Riverside Press in an old Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
building along the banks of the Charles River
Charles River
The Charles River is an long river that flows in an overall northeasterly direction in eastern Massachusetts, USA. From its source in Hopkinton, the river travels through 22 cities and towns until reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Boston...
.
In 1880, George Mifflin entered into a partnership with Henry Houghton and together founded and led Houghton Mifflin Company. They soon established an educational department and quickly expanded the company's educational offerings.
Modern era
Beginning with the publication of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale during World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, Houghton Mifflin became increasingly involved in publishing standardized test
Standardized test
A standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent, or "standard", manner. Standardized tests are designed in such a way that the questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent and are administered and scored in a...
s. The Riverside Publishing Company was officially established as a wholly owned subsidiary
Subsidiary
A subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a...
of Houghton Mifflin in 1979.
Riverside Publishing’s national headquarters and editorial offices are located in the Atrium Corporate Center at 3800 Golf Road and Route 53 in the Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
suburb of Rolling Meadows. This facility houses the company’s senior management, accounting, sales and marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
, customer service, educational and clinical assessments, quality assurance, information technology, state contract management, publishing processes, custom assessments departments, and measurement research departments.
Clinical
The clinical side of Riverside's business focuses on providing research and test materials for practicing professionals.Products
- Batería III Woodcock-Muñoz NU
- Battelle Developmental Inventory', 2nd Edition (BDI-2)
- Battelle Developmental Inventory', 2nd Edition-Spanish (BDI-2 Spanish)
- Beery'-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery VMI-5)
- Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, Second Edition (Bender'-Gestalt II)
- Bilingual Verbal Ability Tests, Normative Update (BVAT NU)
- Das•Naglieri Cognitive Assessment System (CAS)
- Dean-Woodcock Neuropsychological Battery (DW)
- Infant-Toddler Developmental Assessment (IDA)
- Koppitz-2
- Parents’ Observations of Infants and Toddlers (POINT)
- Scales of Independent Behavior–Revised (SIB–R)
- Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5)
- Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT)
- Woodcock-Johnson III NU Brief Battery
- Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJIII DRB)
- Woodcock-Johnson III NU Complete
- Woodcock-Johnson III NU Tests of Achievement
- Woodcock-Johnson III NU Tests of Cognitive AbilitiesWoodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive AbilitiesThe Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities is a set of intelligence tests first developed in 1977 by Woodcock and Johnson. It was revised in 1989 and again in 2001; this last version is commonly referred to as WJ-III. They may be administered to children from age two right up to the oldest...
- Woodcock-Muñoz Language Survey –Revised
- Woodcock Interpretation & Instructional Interventions Program (WIIIP)
Educational
The educational side of Riverside's business focuses on providing research and test materials for educational professionals as well as Universities with psychology programs.Products
- Assess2Know
- Basic Early Assessment of Reading (BEAR)
- Battelle Developmental Inventory, 2nd Edition (BDI-2)
- Cognitive Abilities TestCognitive Abilities TestThe Cognitive Abilities Test is a K–12 assessment designed to measure students’ learned reasoning abilities in the three areas most linked to academic success in school: Verbal, Quantitative and Nonverbal...
(CogAT) - Criterion Online Writing Evaluation
- DataDirector
- Diagnostic Assessments of Reading, 2nd Edition (DAR)
- Edusoft Assessment Management System
- Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, Fourth Edition (GMRT)
- Interactive Results Manager (iRM)
- Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test, Fifth Edition (IAAT)
- Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, Forms A, B, and C (ITBS)
- Iowa Tests of Educational DevelopmentIowa Tests of Educational DevelopmentThe Iowa Tests of Educational Development are a set of standardized tests given annually to high school students in many schools in the United States, covering Grades 9 to 12...
, Forms A, B, and C (ITED), - Iowa Writing Assessment
- Logramos
- Nelson-Denny Reading Test (ND)
- Qualls Early Learning Inventory (QELI)
- SkillSurfer
- Woodcock-Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJIII DRB)
- Woodcock-Johnson III NU Tests of Achievement
- Woodcock-Johnson III NU Tests of Cognitive AbilitiesWoodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive AbilitiesThe Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities is a set of intelligence tests first developed in 1977 by Woodcock and Johnson. It was revised in 1989 and again in 2001; this last version is commonly referred to as WJ-III. They may be administered to children from age two right up to the oldest...
- Trial Teaching Strategies (TTS)
Scoring
In autumn of 2002, Riverside opened a new facility for its scoring operations in ItascaItasca, Illinois
Itasca is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,302 at the 2000 census.In 2009, BusinessWeek rated Itasca as the 'Best Affordable Suburb' in the state of Illinois...
. The physical address is 761 District Drive, Itasca
Itasca, Illinois
Itasca is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,302 at the 2000 census.In 2009, BusinessWeek rated Itasca as the 'Best Affordable Suburb' in the state of Illinois...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. This facility occupies nearly 50000 square feet (4,645.2 m²) for receiving, sorting, scanning, processing, shipping, and archiving services purposes.