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The report

The PAES report is not a score sheet. It is a working document. It feeds straight into a student's Individualized Education Program (IEP), their transition plan, and the conversations that shape their future.

What's in a PAES report

Every student finishes PAES with a detailed report their teacher, their family, and their transition team can use right away. It leads with evidence. It tells a strengths story, not a deficit profile.

Student overview

Cumulative data across the full assessment cycle, giving the reader a complete picture before the detail begins.

Strengths profile

Technical and behavioral strengths surfaced in the lab, with concrete examples drawn directly from observed sessions.

Vocational interest and aptitude

Which of the five vocational areas the student gravitated to, and where they performed best.

Work behavior patterns

Tracks attention, persistence, independence, and supervision response across workplace soft skills (e.g., punctuality, teamwork, accuracy, problem-solving, communication, safety).

Areas for growth

Named, specific, and paired with the conditions under which improvement was observed.

Data and observations the IEP team can act on

Structured performance evidence teachers translate directly into IEP goals, provisions, and recommendations.

Transition planning notes

Notes your team can lift straight into the transition plan. They line up with Indicator 13, the federal requirement that a student's goals rest on age-appropriate assessment

See what a report looks like

The sample PAES assessment report shows the structure you and your IEP team will see at the end of a full cycle: a strengths profile across the five vocational areas, work behavior observations, performance data teachers can translate into IEP goals, and named transition recommendations.

How teachers use the report

The report does two jobs at once.

It drives transition planning

Families, students, and transition teams read the same document. Everyone sees the same evidence: no translation gap between meeting rooms.

It defends the plan

When a district has to justify a placement decision, a goal, or a post-secondary recommendation, the PAES report is the evidence on record.

74%

trust PAES data for high-stakes decisions 

76%

rate PAES reporting as useful for planning and decisions

75%

say PAES reduces subjectivity in decisions about students

"Our IEP meetings changed once we had PAES data in the room."

- PAES Supervisor, 2026 Customer Impact Survey

Starts with their strengths

The report leads with what the student can do. Not what they can't. That's deliberate. A report that opens with deficits sets the tone for the meeting. A report that opens with evidence of capability changes what's possible. This is why families respond to the PAES report. They see their child, not a deficit profile.

"PAES lets our students show us what they can do, not what they can't."

- PAES Supervisor, 2026 Customer Impact Survey

81%

of supervisors say PAES reveals strengths that traditional assessments miss

See how this report comes together

The assessment
Every score in this report traces back to real classroom tasks. Supervisors observe students at work and rate them against clear criteria.
PAES Scan Lab Management System
Once observations are recorded, PAES Scan turns them into the scores, charts, and summaries you see in this report.

Want reports like this for your students?

PAES is not a single test. It is a structured observation system that plays out over weeks or months — in a real working environment, using real tasks and real equipment.

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