Introduction to Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System for Infants and Children (AEPS-3)

AEPS®-3 helps your program
reimagine practices
so you can
streamline your work AND
increase your impact.

That’s because AEPS-3 delivers on
the promise of early childhood tools:
it gives you the
most accurate, useful child data
and a proven way to
turn data into action
across everything you do.

AEPS®-3 is a registered trademark of and is owned by Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc. ©2022 All rights reserved.
AEPS-3 is a comprehensive, reliable, linked system
that seamlessly ties together
assessment, goal/outcome development,
teaching/intervention, and progress monitoring.

AEPS-3 Helps You
Collect assessment data you can trust
Track and support emerging skills
.
Identify teaching strategies to support the
skills children are developing
.
Strengthen preacademic skills
Check for school readiness
.
Actively involve families using helpful
handouts, forms, and reports

• Assessment: Observational, curriculum-based, criterion-
referenced assessment
• Curriculum: Multi-tiered curriculum organized around daily
routines and activities
• Age Range: Birth to 6 years
• Who uses it: Early childhood educators, special educators,
early interventionists, therapists, home visitors
AEPS-3 At a Glance

8 Developmental Areas
• Fine Motor
• Gross Motor
• Adaptive
• Social-Emotional
• Social-Communication
• Cognitive
• Literacy
• Math

Step 1: Assessment
Complete the AEPS-3 Test by gathering information about a
child, observing their development during activities and play,
and talking with their family.
How AEPS-3 Works

Step 2: Goal/Outcome Development
Use test results to inform the development of meaningful goals
for the child. IFSP/IEP goal examples are provided for all test
items.
How AEPS-3 Works

Step 3: Teaching/Intervention
Use the AEPS-3 Curriculum to plan strategies and embed
teaching and intervention in everyday activities to help the
child reach their goals.
How AEPS-3 Works

Step 4: Progress Monitoring
Collect data with AEPS-3 to measure progress; more frequent
data collection is needed with more intensive instruction.
Review results and discuss with a child’s family. Adjust
goals/outcomes and teaching strategies as needed.
How AEPS-3 Works

• Observational assessment
• Items scored on 3-point scale
• 2 – Mastery performance
• 1A – Emerging performance, assistance
1I – Emerging performance, incomplete
1A/I – Emerging performance, assistance/incomplete
• 0 – No performance
• Refined, clear
item-level criteria
AEPS-3 Test

• Each area has multiple strands
• Each strand has multiple goals
• Goals build in difficulty
• Objectives under each goal
build in difficulty
AEPS-3 Test

• Test organization
facilitates
administration
• Easily see child’s
progress
AEPS-3 Test
Gross Motor
Strand C Active Play
Goal 3 Rides and steers bicycle
Objective 3.1 Pedals and steers bicycle
with training wheels
Objective 3.2 Pedals and steers tricycle
Objective 3.3 Pushes riding toy with
feet while steering
Objective 3.4 Sits on riding toy or in
wagon while in motion
Strand C
Obj. 3.1
Obj. 3.4
Obj. 3.3
Obj. 3.2
Goal 3

• Provides comprehensive look at
child’s skills with more than 400
items across 8 developmental
areas
• Culturally sensitive
• Available in English and Spanish
• Aligned with state and national
standards
AEPS-3 Test

• Unlike other tools, AEPS-3
captures small increments of
progress—important for
recognizing growth!
• Empirically-derived eligibility
cutoffs available
• Age norms or percent delay not
provided
AEPS-3 Test

Electronic completion, scoring, and extensive reporting in AEPSi
AEPS-3 Test

• Save time by assessing up
to 5 children at once with
assessment activities
• Complete one set of
activities to assess all
AEPS-3 Test items
• 10 center-based activities
• 10 home-based activities
AEPS-3 Test

• Two forms for collecting data
from families
AEPS-3 Family Report
Child and family information and
participation in activities
AEPS-3 Family Assessment
of Child Skills
Child’s developmental skills
• Available in English and
Spanish
AEPS-3 Test

• New to third edition
• Brief assessment and progress
monitoring measure
• Used with 4- and 5-year-olds
• Electronic completion and
scoring with AEPSi
Ready-Set

• Focused on skills essential for school readiness and
early school success
• 40 developmentally and academically challenging goals
from AEPS-3 Test
• Useful in preschool and Head Start classrooms for children
who may not need full AEPS-3 assessment
Ready-Set

• Seamless to move to AEPS-3 Test
for a child as needed
• Links to tiered AEPS-3 Curriculum
• Includes Assessment Activities for
assessing up to 5 children at once
• Set of 4 center-based activities
• Set of 3 home-based activities
Ready-Set

Ready-Set Family Assessment
of Child Skills
• Gathers information from
families about child’s
developmental skills
Ready-Set

AEPS-3 Curriculum
• Guided by multi-tiered systems
of support, blended practices,
and activity-based intervention
frameworks
• 3 levels
 Beginning—infant and very early skills
(birth to 18 months developmentally)
 Growing—toddler and early skills
(18 months to 3 years developmentally)
 Ready—preschool and school preparation
skills (3 to 6 years developmentally)

 Music &
Movement
 Nap & Sleep
 Science
 Sensory
 Technology
 Writing
 Diapering, Toileting,
& Handwashing
 Dramatic Play
 Dressing
 Field Trips
 Math
 Meals & Snacks
AEPS-3 Curriculum
 Active & Outdoor
Play
 Arrival & Departure
 Art
 Bath Time
 Block Play
 Circle Time
Strategies and embedded learning opportunities for 18 routines and
activities

AEPS-3 Curriculum
Includes universal, targeted,
and specialized strategies for
each routine/activity across 3
levels

AEPS-3 Curriculum
Perfect for teaching
in a home or
classroom setting,
the curriculum taps
into almost every
aspect of your day

AEPS-3 Curriculum
Easily see skills that
can be embedded
and taught during
activities

AEPS-3 Curriculum
Rows = AEPS-3 Test items
Columns = curriculum
routines/activities by level
Skills matrix helps identify
which routines and activities
address specific skills
Useful for planning
instruction

• Modern, friendly online system for
managing AEPS-3
• Electronic completion and automated
scoring
• Helps programs meet OSEP reporting
mandates
• Shortens assessment time
• Automated reporting that demonstrates
child progress
Demos and 30-day free trials start
in early 2023
AEPSi

No other early childhood assessment and curriculum system is
backed by more scientifically valid research than AEPS-3.
This includes:
• More than 40 years of studies, led by early intervention visionary
Dr. Diane Bricker and the Early Intervention Management and Research
Group (EMRG)
• Thousands of hours of field testing
• Valuable feedback from teachers, families, and other members of a child’s
team
A system you can trust

• Test scores that show change over time
provide an accurate measure of actual
changes in a child’s performance, making
AEPS-3 a highly reliable tool.
• Research shows that AEPS-3 Test results are
stable across different observers and stable
over time. That means your assessment team
can be confident that different people will
interpret test items similarly.
Reliability

• The AEPS-3 Test has been validated as an
alternative to norm-referenced, standardized tests
for purposes of eligibility determination.
• AEPS-3 has been shown to do as well as or better
than traditional measures at identifying young
children who require special services and supports.
• Children’s scores on the AEPS-3 Test and their
scores on other assessment instruments show
similar patterns—another indicator of AEPS-3’s
validity.
Validity

• Studies on AEPS-3 are currently being
conducted in the United States, Canada,
Spain, Kosovo, and more countries
throughout the world.
• We look to our users—the educators,
families, and professionals using the
system on a daily basis—to inform the
future evolutions of AEPS.
The research never stops

AEPS-3 Complete Kit
• 5 Volumes (User’s Guide, Assessment,
Curriculum—Beginning, Curriculum—Growing,
Curriculum—Ready)
• Two 5-packs of Child Observation Data Form
• One 10-pack of Family Report
• One 10-pack of Ready-Set
• Pack of 9 Quick Reference Guides
• USB with AEPS-3 forms in English and
Spanish, plus additional resources
Stock #: 55187 $499.00
Everything you need to implement AEPS-3!

Volumes 1 & 2
Overview of AEPS-3 Test and guidance on
how to administer and score
Guidance for using the AEPS-3 system, supporting family
engagement, and understanding AEPS-3 research
Stock #: 55200 $100.00
Stock #: 55194 $50.00

Volumes 3, 4, & 5
Stock #: 55231 $50.00
Stock #: 55224 $50.00
Stock #: 55217 $50.00
Universal, focused, and specialized teaching strategies for 18 routines and activities

AEPS-3 Forms USB
English
Assessment Activities–Center-Based (10)
Assessment Activities–Home-Based (10)
Child Observation Data Form (CODF)
Child Progress Record (8)
Embedding Schedule
Family Assessment of Child Skills (FACS)
Family Handouts (3)
Family Report
IFSP/IEP Planning Guide
Intervention Plan
Quick Reference Guides (9)
Ready-Set
Ready-Set Assessment Activities–Center-Based (4)
Ready-Set Assessment Activities–Home-Based (3)
Ready-Set FACS
Skills Matrix (8)
Social-Communication Observation and Summary
(SCOS)
Spanish
Child Observation Data Form (CODF)
Child Progress Record (8)
Embedding Schedule
Family Assessment of Child Skills (FACS)
Family Handouts (3)
Family Report
IFSP/IEP Planning Guide
Intervention Plan
Quick Reference Guides (9)
Ready-Set
Ready-Set FACS
Social-Communication Observation and
Summary (SCOS)
Contains PDF
masters of all AEPS-
3 forms, handouts,
and assessment
activities
Stock #: 55248
$299.00

Form packs
5-pack of saddle-stitched
forms (36 pages each)
Stock #: 55279 $30.00
10-pack of folded forms
(4 pages each)
Stock #: 55293 $30.00
10-pack of saddle-stitched
forms (8 pages each)
Stock #: 55286 $30.00

• On-the-go guides provide
all AEPS-3 Test items and
criteria in clear, convenient
format
• Pack includes 9 separate
laminated guides, one for
each developmental area
and one for Ready-Set
AEPS-3 Quick Reference
Guides
Stock #: 55309 $30.00

• Completely redesigned
interface
• Mobile-optimized for
phones and tablets
• Annual subscription and
per-child fees
• Enterprise option
available for large states
and districts
Subscribe to AEPSi!
Learn more: bpub.fyi/AEPSi-options

• Training Institutes
• Live, virtual, two-day training
• $650.00 per person
• Virtual seminars for your organization
• Up to 50 attendees
• Updated interrater reliability certification (coming in 2023)
AEPS-3 Training
Learn more: bpub.fyi/AEPS3-Training

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