Dr. Kevin McGrew

Dr. McGrew is the director of the Institute for Applied Psychometrics (IAP) and a visiting lecturer in Educational Psychology (School Psychology Program) at the University of Minnesota. He received his BA in Psychology and MS in School Psychology from Minnesota State University–Moorhead and his doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota. He is currently serving as an intelligence theory and testing consultant on two major international test development projects and has served as a measurement consultant to a number of psychological test publishers, including Riverside Insights. Dr. McGrew has extensive experience in the development and psychometric analysis of nationally standardized norm-referenced psychological and educational assessment instruments. He was the primary measurement consultant (and first author of the technical manual) for the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery–Revised (WJ-R®) and served in the same capacity as coauthor for numerous other assessments, up to and including the Woodcock-Johnson IV (WJ IV™).

Dr. Nancy Mather

Dr. Mather is a professor emerita at the University of Arizona in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies. She holds an MA in Behavior Disorders and a PhD from the University of Arizona in Special Education and Learning Disabilities. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Samuel Kirk at the University of Arizona. Dr. Mather assisted Dr. Richard Woodcock with several aspects of test development for the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery–Revised (WJ-R®), including coauthoring the Examiner’s Manuals for the WJ-R Tests of Cognitive Ability and Achievement. She has been a coauthor of both the Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ III®) and the Woodcock-Johnson® IV (WJ IV) and has coauthored books on the interpretation and application of the WJ III and WJ IV. She has served as a learning disabilities teacher, a diagnostician, a university professor, and an educational consultant. Dr. Mather conducts research in the areas of reading and writing development.

Dr. Richard W. Woodcock

Dr. Woodcock has an extensive background in education and psychology. He has held a variety of positions, including elementary school teacher, school psychologist, director of special education, university professor, and editor of a test publishing company. He earned his doctorate from the University of Oregon with a dual major in statistics and psycho-education, and he completed a post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at Tufts University School of Medicine. He has published more than 135 professional books and articles. Since 1957 Dr. Woodcock has held positions and appointments at Western Oregon University, the University of Northern Colorado, George Peabody College for Teachers, the University of Arizona, the University of Southern California, the University of Virginia, and Vanderbilt University. He is currently serving as a research professor in the Department of Psychology and Philosophy at Texas Woman’s University. Dr. Woodcock is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of School Psychology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology. In 2013 the Texas Statewide Evaluation Project Conference honored Dr. Woodcock with its first Lifetime Achievement Award.