The phrase "a private assessment" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an evaluation or analysis that is conducted in a confidential or personal manner.
Example: "The therapist recommended a private assessment to better understand the client's needs and concerns."
Alternatives: "a confidential evaluation" or "a personal review".
In the meantime, outside consultants hired by the New Jersey State Library are doing a private assessment of the library.
It is deplorable that a young woman with autism died after gaining 10 stone in weight during the seven years she was detained – mainly alone in a padded room – at a private assessment and treatment centre (Patient with autism put on 10 stone during years alone in padded room, coroner rules, 25 November).
Many have felt no option but to hire a lawyer to take on the system, or to send their child for a private assessment – at considerable expense – so that they can present local authorities, the NHS and schools with proof that help is needed and that they aren't just another pushy parent.
"I continued to hear nothing from a private clinic, so I messaged the clinician personally on Twitter to schedule a £220 private assessment in July.
A private risk assessment firm was hired, and the resulting report read like an urban disaster film minus Godzilla.
George Osborne's austerity budget will result in the loss of up to 1.3m jobs across the economy over the next five years according to a private Treasury assessment of the planned spending cuts, the Guardian has learned.
After this private assessment was made, the billionaire brothers embarked on a makeover.
Owen has read this classified material, but MI6's private assessment remains under wraps for everyone else – including Marina and Anatoly.
Private assessment and treatment units were bigger, full more of the time and had lower levels of staffing.
More importantly, however, is the private assessment by some Indigenous leaders, non-government and government agencies, that only 25 to 30% – or about half – of Indigenous Australians who are enrolled actually cast a formal vote.
The quality of the conversation is damaged by exposure, just as our relationships with our neighbors would be damaged if every private assessment were brought to the light of day.
