Why would the evaluator give intelligence and achievement tests to my children? Wouldn personality and behavioral assessment be more relevant?
Actually, a full assessment should include intelligence and achievement testing in order to determine your children’s raw potential, their actual performance, and whether they are hampered by emotional distress in their school work or whether learning difficulties need special attention. If your children perform well in school, this may be the result of good support for education at home and good parenting in general, or it could reflect over-achievement because of excessively high expectations for a child of average or low average raw intellectual ability, at great cost to the children. Full assessment helps the evaluator make an accurate assessment of the child’s needs and how best to meet them.
