Learning evaluations explore intellectual and educational strengths and weaknesses and lead to greater understanding of individual strengths and weaknesses. A learning evaluation helps gain greater understanding about learning style, can guide educational planning, and can assist in advocating for accommodations or other types of support. Depending on the goals for the evaluation, learning evaluations may explore:

• Intellectual abilities
• Learning and memory
• Executive functioning
• Achievement testing
• Social, emotional, and behavioral functioning
• Phonological processing
• Language