Assessment Unit
The Assessment Unit provides comprehensive psychological and educational evaluations to identify learning difficulties in students. Using standardized tests, the unit assesses cognitive abilities, academic skills, and overall achievement, helping parents and teachers understand each child’s strengths and challenges.
The Assessment Unit at CCET is the sole center in the State of Kuwait offering educational diagnostic services. It is supported by a highly qualified team of specialists, enabling the unit to deliver high-quality, professional assessment services built on over thirty years of experience.
The Assessment Unit provides comprehensive psychological and educational evaluations to identify learning difficulties in students. Using standardized tests, the unit assesses cognitive abilities, academic skills, and overall achievement, helping parents and teachers understand each child’s strengths and challenges..
The unit serves individuals aged 4 to 23 years, offering two main types of assessments:
Psychological Assessment:
Evaluates general intellectual ability and estimates IQ, guiding realistic expectations about the child’s abilities and developmental age.
Educational Assessment:
Measures academic skills in areas such as language (oral and written) and mathematics, in both Arabic and English, to inform targeted educational interventions.
Each assessment results in a comprehensive report summarizing medical, developmental, family, and educational history, test results, analysis, and clear recommendations for home and school.
Additional Services:
Consultation: Guidance for parents on understanding assessment results and supporting the child through individualized or group educational programs.
School Visits: Specialists visit the student’s school to explain the child’s learning difficulties and provide tailored recommendations.
Kuwait Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Third Edition.
Kuwait Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale – Fourth Edition.
Bender–Gestalt Developmental Test (Koppitz).
Visual–Auditory Digit Span Test.
Human Figure Drawing Test.
Picture Vocabulary Test.
Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Diagnostic Scale – Home Rating Form and School Rating Form.
Standardized Working Memory Test for Children (normed by the Child Assessment and Education Center, 2015).
Standardized Phonological Processing Test for Children (normed by the Child Assessment and Education Center, 2011).
Standardized Graphomotor Processing and Morphological Awareness Test for Children (normed by the Child Assessment and Education Center, 2013).
Standardized Reading and Spelling Test for Children (normed by the Child Assessment and Education Center, 2013).
Standardized Phonological Processing Test for Middle School Students (normed by the Child Assessment and Education Center, 2018).
Standardized Reading and Spelling Test for Middle School Students (normed by the Child Assessment and Education Center, 2020).
Academic diagnostic assessments in Arabic language (based on the Ministry of Education curricula in the State of Kuwait).
Academic diagnostic assessments in Mathematics (based on the Ministry of Education curricula in the State of Kuwait).
Educational Assessments for Students in Foreign Schools:
The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test—Third Edition (WIAT III –USA + UK + CANADIAN)
Gray Oral Reading Test-Fifth Edition - (GORT-5)
The Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP)
Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting (DASH)
Test of Early Reading Ability (TERA-3)
Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency
Test of Silent Contextual Reading Fluency
TOPEL: Test of Preschool Early Literacy
Early Reading Assessment (ERA)
Word Identification and Spelling (WIST)
To open a file and schedule an assessment, please provide:
Completed Case History Form (available to parent/legal guardian).
Recent photo of the student.
Birth certificate (copy).
Civil ID (copy).
Hearing test report.
Vision test report.
Academic records from enrollment to the current grade.
Any previous assessment or IQ reports, or school psychologist observations.
Brief teacher report on performance in core subjects (Arabic, Math, English), if available.