Riverside Insights Explained

Riverside Insights
Type:Private, Subsidiary
Foundation:1979
Location:Itasca, Illinois, U.S.
Key People:Vivek Kartha (CEO)
Industry:Publishing; Education
Products:Clinical and educational standardized test materials
Parent:Alpine Investors
Num Employees:250

Riverside Insights is a United States publisher of clinical and educational standardized tests in the United States; it is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois. It is a charter member of the Association of Test Publishers.

Riverside Insights was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) in 1979. HMH sold Riverside to private equity firm Alpine Investors for $140 million in 2018.[1] The company was incorporated as Riverside Assessments LLC in Delaware and subsequently in other states, including Illinois.[2] [3] [4]

History

Early history

Riverside originated in 1852 as The Riverside Press, a book printing plant in Boston, Massachusetts. Henry Houghton originally started The Riverside Press in an old Cambridge building along the banks of the Charles River. A visitor described it as "one of the model printing-offices in America". Houghton chose to employ women as well as men as compositors, a radical decision which he said was influenced by the Victoria Press in England.

In 1880, George Mifflin entered into a partnership with Henry Houghton and together founded and led Houghton Mifflin Company. They soon established an educational department and quickly expanded the company's educational offerings.

Modern era

Beginning with the publication of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale during World War I, Houghton Mifflin became increasingly involved in publishing standardized tests. The Riverside Publishing Company was officially established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin in 1979.

Markets

Clinical

The clinical side of Riverside's business focuses on providing research and test materials for practicing professionals.

Products

K-12 Educational

The educational side of Riverside's business focuses on providing research and test materials for educational professionals as well as Universities with psychology programs.

Products

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018-10-01 . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Completes Riverside Divestiture . 2023-09-29 . www.hmhco.com . en.
  2. Web site: Division of Corporations - Filing . 29 September 2023 . Delaware Department of State: Division of Corporations . File Number: 7039799.
  3. Web site: Business Entity Search . 29 September 2023 . The Office of the Illinois Secretary of State . File Number: 07324618.
  4. Web site: Riverside Assessments LLC :: Delaware (US) :: OpenCorporates . 29 September 2023 . OpenCorporates.
  5. Book: Outlines of English and American Literature: An Introduction to the Chief Authors of England and America . 9781606800911 . Long . William J. .