EVT-3

EVT-3 Administration

The EVT-3 can be used with children as young as 2 years 6 months old, all the way to 90+ years old! 

Completion time of this assessment is 10-15 minutes and can be administered with paper and pencil or digitally.

The administrator shows the child a series of photos and asks the child various prompts to elicit a verbal response from the child - assessing their expressive vocabulary. The EVT-3 has a mean standard score of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. 

The administrator scores the individual's response as a 1- correct, 0 - incorrect, or NR - no response. 

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths:

• Since the EVT-3 is a norm-referenced assessment, there is normative data that tells the administrator what expressive vocabulary is typical for a child of that age. 

• The photos in the test are very child friendly, yet accurately represent the target words.

• This assessment is quick and easy to score!

Weakness: 

• This assessment is only available in English.

• A child may not reach the ceiling, or discontinue point, until way beyond their chronological age based on the language they've been exposed to. For example, a 2-year-old may achieve a score that falls within where 8-year-olds score because they knew the vocabulary word for some of the photos from later points of the test. 

  • This score may not be reflective of their expressive language ability in conversation or what was collected in the language sample.

  • Test-age equivalent is not often reported on diagnostic reports, it is just something administrators should be aware of.

How to Cite this Assessment:

Williams, K. T. (2019). Expressive Vocabulary Test (3rd ed.) [Measurement instrument]. Bloomington, MN: NCS Pearson.