Assesses a student’s ability to read, write, and do math to identify specific learning disorders such as:
- Dyslexia (reading),
- Dysgraphia (writing),
- Dyscalculia (math).
- Compares cognitive skills (how a child thinks) to academic achievement (what they’ve learned).
- Conducted by a school or clinical psychologist using standardized academic tests.
- Common Tools: WJ-IV (Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement), WIAT-4 (Wechsler Individual Achievement Test), CTOPP-2 (Phonological Processing), TOWL-4 (Written Language)