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'''Harcourt Assessment''' is a company that publishes and distributes psychological assessment tools and therapy resources. Previously known as "The Psychological Corporation" it was merged with Harcourt Educational Measurement and the name changed to Harcourt Assessment. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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In July 2001, The Psychological Corporation was bought by [[Reed Elsevier]], the current parent corporation of [[Harcourt Brace Jovanovich]]. |
In July 2001, The Psychological Corporation was bought by [[Reed Elsevier]], the current parent corporation of [[Harcourt Brace Jovanovich]]. |
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On 15th February 2007, Reed Elsevier announced its intention to sell its education arm, Harcourt Education, of which Harcourt Assessment is a part of. According to Reed Chief Executive Crispin Davis, "This is essentially a strategic decision that we want to focus more sharply on our three existing businesses ... with better growth rates".<ref>http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=businessNews&storyID=2007-02-15T085202Z_01_WLB5021_RTRUKOC_0_UK-REED-RESULTS.xml</ref> |
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==External links== |
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Revision as of 17:47, 20 February 2007
Harcourt Assessment is a company that publishes and distributes psychological assessment tools and therapy resources. Previously known as "The Psychological Corporation" it was merged with Harcourt Educational Measurement and the name changed to Harcourt Assessment.
History
Esteemed Columbia University and University of Pennsylvania psychologist Dr. James McKeen Cattell co-founded the Psychological Corporation in New York City in 1921 with two of his former graduate students, Robert Sessions Woodworth and Edward Lee Thorndike. Cattell was the first psychologist to be admitted to the National Academy of Sciences, and was the former president of the American Psychological Association (APA).
Cattell wanted to form a holding company that would refer patients and publish psychological evaluation tests. It would also promote psychological research by using half the fees received by psychologists towards research and development in psychology. About half the 400 APA members in the New York area joined the Psychological Corporation.
Offices were opened in Grand Central Terminal in New York, with plans to open more in the US and abroad later. Cattell served as president of the Psychological Corporation until 1926, and when he was replaced by psychologist Walter Van Dyke Bingham. Cattell became Chairman of the Board.
In 1970, the Psychological Corporation was purchased by Harcourt Brace & World (later known as Harcourt Brace Jovanovich). The Psychological Corporation was moved to the HBJ building in New York until 1983 when it was moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1986 it was moved again to San Antonio, Texas.
Through the 80s and 90s, other testing corporations were acquired and merged into the Psychological Corporation; Merrill Publishing Company Test Division (1986), Cognitronics Corporation (1993), Communication Skill Builders/Therapy Skill Builders (1994), and Assessment Systems, Inc. (1995).
In July 2001, The Psychological Corporation was bought by Reed Elsevier, the current parent corporation of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
On 15th February 2007, Reed Elsevier announced its intention to sell its education arm, Harcourt Education, of which Harcourt Assessment is a part of. According to Reed Chief Executive Crispin Davis, "This is essentially a strategic decision that we want to focus more sharply on our three existing businesses ... with better growth rates".[1]