AEPS-3 does not provide age equivalents. While most traditional standardized norm-referenced tests, and even some criterion-referenced assessments, provide users with age-equivalent scores, there are several inherent problems with this practice:

• For many tests, the age associated with a given item is not determined empirically; rather, the item is assigned an age based on how ages are assigned in other tests or generally agreed-upon developmental milestones.
• Age equivalencies do not actually inform teams about a child’s strengths, emerging skills, or needs.
• Having chronological ages assigned to items may lead interventionists and families to select intervention targets based on the age level of an item rather than selecting items that address children’s individual developmental needs.

Therefore, rather than assigning age equivalencies to AEPS-3 Test items, empirically derived cutoff scores based on the performances of typically developing children were derived for eligibility determination purposes.