Harcourt Assessment Implements Program To Help Private Clinicians Recover From Hurricane Katrina

COMPANY ALSO OFFERS FREE ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR FRONT-LINE CLINICAL CARE-GIVERS

23 September 2005

SAN ANTONIO – Leading test developer and publisher Harcourt Assessment, Inc. is taking steps in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to help private clinicians recover and rebuild their practices.

Through the end of the year, the company is also making available for free to all qualified professionals working with Hurricane victims and their families a number of clinically appropriate PsychCorp™ brand products.

The programs were announced in a letter from Vice President of Psychological Assessment Products Lawrence G. Weiss to key industry trade organizations and state psychological associations in the states affected by the hurricanes. Click here to read the letter for details.

Based in San Antonio, Harcourt Assessment is a leading provider of high-quality assessment instruments and testing programs used by educators, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, human resource professionals, admissions and credentialing professionals, and businesses. Through the development of custom statewide educational testing programs, Harcourt is helping more than 20 states meet the accountability requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

The company is a unit of Harcourt Education, which is the global education brand of Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE: RUK and ENL). Reed Elsevier is a world-leading publisher and information provider operating in the science and medical, legal, education and business-to-business industry sectors.