The concept of and processes involved in an assessment by an educational psychologist have changed considerably during the last twenty years and there is now a willingness to accept reports which do not quote IQ figures and percentile rankings. Nevertheless, the expectation persists that the subject of the assessment will be the child: it is her/or his name which appears at the top of the written report.
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