Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.

“Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.” is a core task performed by Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education. Among the occupation's 34 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#33 most important). About 76% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Assess student capabilities, needs, or performance. in Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills. · importance 4.6
• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play. · importance 4.6
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order. · importance 4.6
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests. · importance 4.6
• Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines. · importance 4.5
• Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers. · importance 4.5
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development. · importance 4.5
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips. · importance 4.5
• Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health. · importance 4.4
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists. · importance 4.4
• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them. · importance 4.4
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations. · importance 4.4
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities. · importance 4.4
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups. · importance 4.4

See all tasks on the Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education page.

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
• “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  = {Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-6496}
}