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Harcourt Education, is a publisher serving the pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 school, assessment and trade publishing markets in the US and primary and secondary school markets internationally. The Harcourt US Schools Education part of Harcourt Education is currently being sold by Reed Elsevier to Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group[1]. Reed Elsevier is a global Publisher and information provider It came into being in autumn 1992 as the result of a merger between Reed International a British Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational Publisher in the United States. Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International have recently been acquired by Pearson, the international education and information company, from Reed Elsevier for $950m in cash. Pearson Assessment previously known as "Harcourt Assessment" is a company that publishes and distributes psychological assessment tools and therapy resources Pearson plc () is a London -based media conglomerate. It is the largest book Publisher in the UK, India, Australia [2]

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International Company

The companies within the Education group serve markets in the US, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and France.

Main Locations: Orlando, FL; Austin and San Antonio, TX; New York, NY; San Diego, CA; Oxford; London; Paris; Melbourne; Auckland; and Johannesburg.

Divisions of Harcourt

Harcourt School Publishers – US elementary (pre-K-6) publisher with particular strength in the four major subject areas of science, reading, math and social studies.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston – US secondary (grades 6-12) publisher with a leading position in literature and language arts, the largest middle and secondary school discipline. Holt Rinehart and Winston, sometimes abbreviated as HRW or referred to as Holt, is an Austin, Texas based Publishing company Holt also publishes in science, mathematics, social studies, and world languages.

Harcourt Achieve, Professional and Trade – publishers of supplemental and alternative core educational materials for pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 schools materials for adult education, school libraries and teacher professional development; and adult and children’s trade books. Includes Harcourt Achieve, Greenwood/Heinemann, Global Library, Classroom Connect, Rigby, Steck-Vaugn, Harcourt Religion Publishers and Harcourt Trade Publishers. Heinemann is a UK publishing house founded by William Heinemann in Covent Garden, London in 1890 Harcourt Trade Publishers is a US Publishing firm with a long history of publishing fiction and nonfiction for children and adults

Harcourt Assessment - develops tests and resources for educational, psychological, speech, and occupational therapy assessment, as well as human resource selection and hiring (talent assessment). Pearson Assessment previously known as "Harcourt Assessment" is a company that publishes and distributes psychological assessment tools and therapy resources Industrial and Organizational Psychology (also known as I/O psychology, work psychology, work and organizational psychology, occupational psychology, Tests include WISC, WAIS, WPPSI, Raven's Progressive Matrices and Versant. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children ( WISC) developed by David Wechsler, is an Intelligence test for children between the ages of 6 and 16 inclusive Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS is a general test of intelligence ( IQ) published in February 1955 as a revision of the Wechsler - Bellevue test The Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence ( WPPSI) is an intelligence test designed for children ages 2 years 6 months to 7 years 3 months developed by David Raven's Progressive Matrices (often referred to simply as Raven's Matrices) are Multiple choice tests of abstract Reasoning, originally developed Versant is an automated test of spoken English. It evaluates the ability to understand be understood and general English language proficiency

Harcourt Education International – publisher for the UK primary, secondary and vocational (further education) markets as well as English-medium schools worldwide. Also covers the Australasian primary, secondary and further education sectors. Its imprints include Heinemann, Rigby, Ginn, Payne-Gallway and Raintree.

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  1. ^ Reed Elsevier announces sale of Harcourt US Schools Education Business to Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group for $4.0 billion. Retrieved on 2007-07-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls,
  2. ^ Pearson acquires Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier. Retrieved on 2007-05-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen

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