Assessment Service Bulletin #1
Use of the WJ V for Populations with Sensory Impairments
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The Woodcock-Johnson®V (WJ V™; McGrew, Mather, LaForte & Wendling, 2025) can be used to evaluate the cognitive, language, and academic abilities of a wide variety of people of multiple ages and developmental levels. Results from the WJ V allow recommendations for appropriate educational programs and, where needed, interventions and accommodations in educational, work, and home settings. However, when using an evaluation instrument not specifically developed for or normed on a specific population, some tests will inevitably be inappropriate or impossible to administer. Some tests will require accommodations, and many will require consideration as to whether the resulting scores are valid.
This paper presents some considerations that are necessary when using the WJ V with people with hearing and visual impairments. It provides recommendations regarding which tests are appropriate for administration to each of these populations, which tests might require accommodations or modifications to administer, cautions for interpreting derived scores, and the usefulness of qualitative information rather than scores.
Continue reading in this Assessment Service Bulletin (ASB) by Lynne E. Jaffe, Ph.D.
