The TEC is a standardized computer-administered measure of two fundamental aspects of executive control processes: working memory and inhibitory control.

A unique approach to executive function assessment

• The test represents the first standardized clinical application of two integrated neuroscience methods commonly used to tap working memory and inhibitory control: an n-back paradigm that parametrically increases working memory load and a go/no-go task to manipulate inhibitory control demand.
• Four sequential tasks for 5- to 7-year-old children and six tasks for children and adolescents ages 8-18 years are provided. Each task consists of on-screen instructions, a set of practice trials with feedback, and 100 timed-interval stimuli that require responses.
• The program monitors accuracy and response time throughout administration to calculate multiple norm-referenced measures of accuracy, response time, and response time variability as working memory load increases in both inhibit and no inhibit conditions. Factor scores and summary scores are also available.
• Three equivalent forms and two research forms are included, along with standardized regression-based change scores that facilitate interpretation of change between performance on tasks and change over time when the instrument is administered on two or more occasions.
• The software provides a Score Report, which displays scores and profiles from a single administration; a comprehensive Client Report, which provides interpretive statements, scores, and profiles for a single administration; and a Protocol Summary Report, which summarizes change over time when the instrument is administered more than once to the same examinee.

Reliable and valid

• The TEC standardization sample of 1,107 individuals accurately reflects population parameters as defined by the 2007 U.S. Census.
• Form 1 reliability coefficients ranged from .75 to .98 for factor scores and from .68 to .99 for summary scores.
• Convergent evidence for validity of the TEC is based on correlations with the BRIEF^®, the CPRS-R:L, and the CBCL/6-18, among others. Its validity also was investigated within several clinical samples, including children and adolescents with ADHD, mild traumatic brain injury, learning disabilities, and fragile X syndrome.

Note: The TEC software now provides unlimited administrations and reports. If you order item number 10066-CP below, you do not need to purchase Counter Serial Numbers. To upgrade from the Counter Serial Number version of the TEC to the unlimited-use version, contact our Customer Support Department at 1.800.331.8378. For valid administration, the TEC should not be installed on a network of any kind.