​First, it is good to know where your child "lives" intellectually, the higher a child's IQ is, the more different they are from their "peers" and thus, the more accommodations they may need at school, programs, and at home.  Another important reason for IQ testing is that it assesses several important aspects of cognitive functioning. IQ tests look at verbal reasoning abilities, visual-spatial reasoning, working memory, and processing speed. Many children, and gifted children in particular, often have "asynchronous development" meaning that their abilities are very uneven. Understanding whether someone is high in verbal processing, yet low on visual can have significant impacts on informing their teacher, yourself, and the child on how they learn best. Further, gifted children are often high on reasoning abilities and relatively or substantially lower on working memory and processing speed, causing academic underachievement and frustration. It is essential to know if this is the case so accommodations can be put in place to help a smart child show what they know.

Test results tell parents and teachers how advanced a child's thinking maybe and therefore how much differentiation they need from the regular curriculum which is set up for the "average" child. Test results also tell us a child's learning and processing strengths and weaknesses so parents and teachers can tailor their communication and teaching to the child's strengths and set up accommodations and interventions for identified weak areas.