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Discover AEPS®-3: the most powerful assessment and curriculum system for ensuring real progress for every young child, from the first months of life through kindergarten.

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One linked system does it all for your program

AEPS-3 helps you strengthen school readiness for every child by tracking and supporting core skills across all areas of development. Collect the assessment data you need, run reports with just a few clicks, seamlessly link test results with teaching and intervention, and actively engage families as partners.

See what AEPS-3 can do for you

For administrators
For early interventionists
For teachers

Learn how AEPS-3 works

STEP 1 Assessment

As children and caregivers engage in everyday activities, you’ll use the AEPS-3 Test to assess children’s skills and abilities in 8 key areas of development.

STEP 2 Goal/Outcome Development

Using the AEPS-3 Test results and the input caregivers provide in the family forms, you’ll identify areas where children need support and develop IFSP/IEP goals and outcomes they can work toward.

STEP 3 Teaching/Intervention

With the three-volume curriculum, you’ll match tiered teaching/intervention activities—universal, focused, and specialized supports—with children's individual needs.

STEP 4 Progress Monitoring

Ongoing monitoring with the AEPS-3 Test helps you evaluate the effectiveness of interventions—and discover when goals have been reached, so you can move on to new ones.

Turn data into action with AEPS-3

• Results you can trust
  AEPS-3 is backed by 40+ years of scientifically valid research and reflects feedback from thousands of users.
• Powerful data management and reporting
  Run robust reports in seconds with AEPSi, the web-based system that streamlines reporting and data management.
• Captures even the smallest gains in growth
  Get the full picture of a child’s progress with AEPS-3, which captures small increments that other tools miss.
• Activity-based teaching that fits into your day
  Support every child's progress during everyday routines with differentiated instruction in 8 key developmental areas.
• Multi-tiered strategies for all children
  Easily match tiered teaching and intervention strategies—universal, focused, and specialized supports—with children's individual needs.
• Connect teaching with assessment results
  The tiered curriculum is clearly linked with the AEPS-3 Test, so you can design teaching strategies that get results.
• Measure school readiness skills
  A shorter, faster tool, Ready-Set quickly assess the core skills children need to be successful in kindergarten and first grade.
• Perfect for Head Start and preschool
  Helps programs with limited resources assess children efficiently and meet evaluation requirements.
• Seamless link with AEPS-3 Test
  Ready-Set items come from the AEPS-3 Test, and a child can seamlessly move to the full test if needed.

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