Interpretation of the age-equivalent score is similar to that ofthe grade-equivalent score. A raw score corresponds to a chronological age. Ateacher can use a norms table to determine such scores. A portion of a normstable would look something like this:
| --Chronological age-- | ||||||
| Raw | 6.0 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.0 | |
| Score | -Age-equivalent score- | |||||
| 20 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.7 | |
| 21 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.8 | |
| 22 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.9 | |
| 23 | 6.10 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.10 | |
Therefore, a student, age 7.6 (7 years, 6 months), who gets a raw score of 20,has an age-equivalent score of 6.0 (6 years, 0 months). If a student, age 6.0,also gets a raw score of 20, his age-equivalent score is 6.7. The 6.0-year olddid better for his age group than the 7.6-year old, but the 6.0-year oldprobably does not know as much as the older child. Like the grade-equivalentscore, the age-equivalent score should only be used as a relative measure ofassessment.