Harcourt Education
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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]. 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.[2]
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 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.
Harcourt Assessment - develops tests and resources for educational, psychological, speech, and occupational therapy assessment, as well as human resource selection and hiring (talent assessment). Tests include WISC, WAIS, WPPSI, Raven's Progressive Matrices and Versant.
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.
[edit] References
- Harcourt Achieve. The New York Times Job Market Web site. Last accessed 4 December 2006.
- Harcourt Assessment Company History. Last accessed 21 February 2007.
