For us, testing provided a way to 1)confirm what we believed we were seeing, and 2) communicate with others about our child (particularly the school) in a way that they took as "unbiased fact" rather than as coming from "those parents" who think their child is the most brilliant thing on the planet. In providing us with "hard" data, it also provided us with specifics about their relative strenghts and weaknesses. Having test results gave us the confidence we needed to advocate for our children effectively.
