In the meantime, officials say, nobody's been hurt, because the agency now evaluates children on an individual basis according to a temporary regulation.
Supporters of such tests maintain that a standard measure is necessary to evaluate children.
Social Security officials said they were not inclined to change the standards for evaluating children, as some in Congress have urged.
Schools themselves evaluate children and decide if they need a full-time special education program.
I have evaluated children whose parents were accused of abuse, of neglect.
He successfully combined psychology and education by evaluating children and making recommendations for special teaching.
The officials said part of the increase might be the result of the city stepping up efforts to evaluate very young children.
Occupational therapists are trained to evaluate children who display these and other problems in function.
The goal is to evaluate children not by comparing their samples to a standard but by evaluating each child's own development.
The centers are supposed to evaluate children and refer them to agencies with the appropriate services.