Linda Bowers, Rosemary Huisingh
Ages: 7 - 12 years
Testing Time: 45 - 60 minutes
Administration: Individual
The Executive Functions Test–Elementary: Normative Update (EFT-E: NU) measures language skills that affect executive functions, such as working memory, problem solving, inferring, predicting outcomes, and shifting tasks. It can be used to identify children who have executive-functioning deficits, plan interventions, and represent executive functioning in research studies. The test has four subtests (Attention and Immediate Memory–Verbal, Attention and Immediate Memory–Verbal and Nonverbal, Working Memory and Flexible Thinking, and Shifting) that yield scaled scores.
A composite score, called the Executive Function Index, represents overall performance on the subtests. The Examiner’s Manual includes a comprehensive discussion of the test’s theoretical and research-based foundation, item development, standardization, administration and scoring procedures, norms tables, and guidelines for using and interpreting the test’s results. Reliability and validity studies were conducted with students with normal language abilities and students who had previously been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder or learning disabilities.
(EFT-E : NU) Executive Functions Test - Elementary