Formal/informal assessment is to measure a client's academic skills and intelligence through multiple tests, interview, and behavior observation. Assessment results show the client's areas of strength and needs as well as the overall picture of his/her skills. Qualifications to administer assessment vary by the types of assessment, but in general, administrators must be familar with advanced statistics.

Do you have these concerns?

  • Discover the reasons why I'm struggling with reading comprehension
  • Is my child's low academic performance due to her ESL status?
  • What am I good at?
  • What is the best way to study for me?
  • Measure my academic skills or compare with age or grade level average

Examples

  • Learning disability
  • Academic/school underachievement
  • Dyslexia
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Autism, High-functioning autism
  • Expressive or receptive language disorder
  • Gifted or homeschooling
  • ESL
  • Test anxiety

Specialists