Learning Disability Test

In the U.S. about 20% of students have learning challenges. Our learning disability test for kids is designed to help parents identify potential challenges that children with learning disabilities face. This comprehensive free test will help you understand your child's risk of learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and ADHD.

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What Is a Learning Disability?

A learning disability is a brain-based condition that affects how a child takes in, processes, stores, and communicates information.

Here's what matters most: a learning disability has nothing to do with how smart your child is or how hard they're trying. Most kids with learning disabilities have average or above-average intelligence. The issue is a gap between how capable they are and how they're actually performing in certain subjects.

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Why Test for Learning Difficulties?

Lexercise takes a clinical approach because we want to help kids and parents understand not just what the difficulty is, but why it's happening and how to work through it. Research shows this understanding helps children build:

  • Self-awareness — knowing where their brain excels and where it hits a wall
  • Self-advocacy — learning to speak up for what they need to succeed
  • Compensatory skills — using memory strategies, technology, and their own strengths
  • Emotional resilience — developing a growth mindset that treats mistakes as opportunities

Take Our Learning Disability Test for Children

The free learning disability test below covers six key areas: Reading, Spelling & Writing, Math & Logic, Emotion & Self-Control, Listening, and Attention. Each section takes under 10 minutes, and your child doesn't need to be present.

Learning Disability Test: Reading

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Learning Disability Test: Spelling & Writing

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Learning Disability Test: Math & Logic

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Learning Disability Test: Emotion & Self-Control

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Learning Disability Test: Listening

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Learning Disability Test: Attention

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How often does your child:
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Mispronounce (or used to) only certain words (e.g., says amunul for animal, poothtaste for toothpaste)?

Have difficulty reading unfamiliar words or guess at them?

Pause, repeat or make mistakes when reading aloud?

Struggle to understand what he or she has read?

Avoid reading for pleasure?

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Make spelling errors in homework assignments?

Have messy handwriting?

Have trouble with punctuation and capitalization?

Resist writing tasks?

Have difficulty getting thoughts down on paper?

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Confuse math symbols and/or operations? (e.g., addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)

Have difficulty comparing the relative size of whole numbers and/or fractions? (e.g., Which is largest: 347 or 743? Which is largest: ¼ or ½)?

Reverse numbers? (e.g., 81 for 18)

Struggle with concepts related to time and/or money? (e.g., days, weeks, months, hours; penny, nickel, dime)

Struggle to differentiate facts from fantasy?

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Express anxiety or frustration?

Seem to tire easily when doing school work?

Complain of aches, pains, or other discomforts?

Say she/he feels stupid or not as smart as other kids?

Resist authority? (e.g., argue with or frequently disobey parents and/or teachers)

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Struggle to follow spoken directions or explanations, especially when there are no illustrations?

Have difficulty understanding spoken language when there is a lot of background noise?

Have difficulty following verbal jokes or a story read aloud by an adult?

Struggle to participate in extended conversations or miss parts of conversations?

Struggle with science and/or history terms, concepts or facts? (e.g., What is a mammal? What is democracy?)

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Have difficulty maintaining attention for more than 15 minutes?

Take a long time to complete simple tasks?

Have difficulty planning and/or organizing tasks?

Lose track of time or misplace objects?

Have trouble tolerating boredom or tedious tasks?

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Know Exactly Where Your Child Stands

If your child is struggling, our popular Reading & Spelling Inventory tells you exactly what’s going on and what to do about it.

What’s included:

  • 45-minute online session with a reading specialist
  • Personalized 8-10 page report on your child’s reading and spelling skills
  • Clear next steps and practical strategies

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Heather Rentz,
Lexercise Parent

“The Lexercise program has been truly life changing for my daughter, who struggles with dyslexia. Through the program, she has gained so much confidence in her language skills and developed strategies that have made her a stronger and more independent reader and writer. I gained a deeper understanding of how my daughter learns and picked up valuable tools to continue supporting her growth. I only wish all my children could experience this level of thoughtful and personalized instruction.”

Clinical vs. School Testing: What's the Difference?

You may notice that schools and clinics use different terms when discussing learning disabilities, and that can feel confusing. That's because testing for learning disabilities looks different depending on the setting, and each one is looking at your child through a different lens.

A clinical evaluation looks at the whole picture. It asks what the difficulty is, why it's happening, and how to help your child succeed in daily life.

A school evaluation has a narrower focus: how the condition affects classroom performance, since that's what determines the support the school can provide. For example, a clinical evaluation might identify a child's reading struggles as a language based learning disability, such as dyslexia or dysgraphia, and try to pinpoint the specific cause.

A U.S. school, on the other hand, might classify the same child under the broader category of Specific Learning Disability (SLD), without needing to name the cause. Neither approach is wrong. They simply serve different purposes.

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What’s Next?

If this test suggests your child might be at risk for a learning disability, you can talk to a Lexercise specialist to figure out exactly what's going on. You can also have your child take one of these more specific learning disability assessments to dig deeper on your own: