Educational assessments help identify strengths and weaknesses and provide helpful information that will support a student towards academic success. The assessments will help identify learning disabilities, if present, but also look more broadly at how a student problem solves, processes information and learns so that recommendations can be offered to help the student reach their potential.
Children that would benefit most from the assessments are ones in which dyslexia, dysgraphia, or dyscalculia may be a possible concern. Educational assessment can also help identify where a student is academically and if difficulties with attention have impacted the learning progress.
Older students considering standardized testing for college (e.g. SAT) could benefit from the assessment to provide data to college boards to see if accommodations may be appropriate.
Educational testing can also help identify appropriate curriculum, interventions, and accommodations for a student, whether public, private or homeschooled.