Assess educational needs of students.

Assess educational needs of students. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 10 occupations and seen in 13 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Assess student capabilities, needs, or performance. in Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 13 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 9 (69%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.003% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Compile and interpret students' test results, along with information from teachers and parents, to diagnose conditions and to help assess eligibility for special services. · School Psychologists · importance 4.7 · exposure with tools
• Assess clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods. · Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.5 · exposure with tools
• Assess students' physical progress or needs. · Adapted Physical Education Specialists · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics. · Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics. · Self-Enrichment Teachers · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Evaluate the motor needs of individual students to determine their need for adapted physical education services. · Adapted Physical Education Specialists · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school administrators, or counselors to determine student needs, develop tutoring plans, or assess student progress. · Tutors · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Determine training needs of students or workers. · Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Interpret the results of standardized tests to determine students' strengths and areas of need. · Special Education Teachers, Elementary School · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Register, orient, and assess new students according to standards and procedures. · Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Observe students during classroom and play activities to evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. · Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors · importance 3.1 · no direct exposure
• Conduct needs assessments and strategic learning assessments to develop the basis for curriculum development or to update curricula. · Instructional Coordinators · exposure with tools
• Interview subject-matter experts or conduct other research to develop instructional content. · Instructional Coordinators · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• School Psychologists
• Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
• Adapted Physical Education Specialists
• Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
• Self-Enrichment Teachers
• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
• Tutors
• Special Education Teachers, Elementary School
• Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
• Instructional Coordinators

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Assess educational needs of students.},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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