These evaluations typically include formal assessments of a child’s cognitive abilities and academic achievement, along with other relevant measures.

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Psychoeducational testing aims to understand a child’s overall learning profile and to inform the development of appropriate educational supports and classroom accommodations.

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Unlike comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations, psychoeducational assessments do not formally evaluate specific domains of cognitive functioning such as attention, memory, executive functioning, or language. Instead, they focus on identifying how and where a child is struggling in the classroom (i.e., what is happening) rather than exploring the underlying neurocognitive or brain-based factors contributing to those difficulties (i.e., why it is happening). Psychoeducational evaluations are commonly used to identify learning disorders such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, and oral or written language disorders.