 It is designed to test cognitive functions not typically covered by general ability or achievement batteries.The original NEPSY (Korkman, Kirk & Kemp, 1998) was published in 1998 by Pearson Assessment, and was superseded by the NEPSY-II (Korkman, Kirk & Kemp, 2007a, 2007b) in 2007.Pediatric neuropsychological assessments evolved from knowledge and experience from the assessment of adults with brain damage.