What happened?
Understanding your child's evaluation
A short guide to the evaluation process, strengths and needs, and the scores. PDF or slides.
Guide (PDF) →Guide (slides) →
For parents and families
Understand your child's evaluation. In plain English.
Evaluation reports are full of tests and numbers. These free resources, written by a practicing school psychologist, explain what they mean.
Start here
Three questions families ask.
Each one has a free answer.
Guide (slides) →
What was tested?
What each test measures
Plain-English descriptions of the tests that may appear in the report.
Test descriptions →What does the number mean?
Look up any score
Type a score from the report and see its percentile and range. A standard score of 100 is exactly average.
Score calculator →Need a second opinion?
Independent evaluations
Valentine Psychological Services offers independent educational evaluations and consultation for families.
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Contact →For your child's team
Share with teachers
Teachers can find their own guide to the evaluation here.
For teachers →