1. Selection decisions.2. Placement decisions.3. Classification decisions.4. Diagnostic and Remedial.5. Feed back.6. Guidance and Counseling.7. Use in administration.8. Improving learning.9. Improving instruction.10. Promotion in next class.11. Motivation and competition.12. Reporting pupil progress to parents.13. Theory development.

There are limited seats in any department . Sometimes the applications are more than the seats , and selection of all applications is not possible.

So Assessment gives help in selection.

Decisions about where to place a child in out-of-home care are made by considering the child's strengths and needs, the skills of the available caretakers or facilities, and the child's prospects for permanency with family placements. Child welfare agencies try to minimize the number of placements a child lives in while in out-of-home care to promote stability.

In education Pretest helps in deciding whether students be admitted in class one or two while taking admission in school.

Assessment helps in grouping of students.

E.g.

Grouping of science and arts students.

Grouping of Medical and non medical students.

Assessments also play a vital role in diagnostic and remedial. Its take helps in find out the weaknesses of students and to over come those weaknesses.

Assessment of students is not end in itself. The results of the assessment should be used as feed back. It is more useful for a teacher than a teacher. A teacher knows , how well he has taught. It also useful for a student that how he has learnt.

The results of assessment are too useful for Guidance and Counseling . Its gives help to solve personal and social problems .It also proves helpful in educational affairs e.g. a student getting high marks in Biology may be guided to opt. medical group in future.

The use of assessment in Administration is very beneficial. Its helps in administrative decisions like placement and group of students. It also helps in promotion of students.

No doubt assessment helps in improving learning. After assessment we can judge by own self e.g. what we have learnt and what we have to learn.

Assessment helps in Improving instruction.After assessment a teacher comes to know thathow is his method of teaching. If the results ofpupils is not good then teacher has to improvehis instruction.

Assessment plays a vital role in promoting students in next class. The performance of student is evaluated in term of marks and grade. On the basis of marks students are promoted in next class.

In assessment the students become know with the status of his knowledge and skills , when they are evaluated. After the result of their assessment they are motivated to work hard more than pervious and to compete the followers.

Assessment provide an overall picture of students‘ progress. The picture in the form of the report is presented to parents. In this way parents become aware with the progress of their child. In this way assessment plays a key role in Reporting pupil progress to parents . Its prove very helpful for students.

The researchers use assessment technique (interview, observation, tests, questionnaire etc.) in order to conduct research. As the result of conducting research they develop theories.