TOMAL-SE™

Test of Memory & Learning: Senior Edition

Cecil R. Reynolds, Ph.D., Judith K. Voress, Ph.D.

A comprehensive coverage of memory assessment in a senior friendly standardized battery for ages 55 to 89


TOMAL-SE™

Overview

Overview

The TOMAL-SE provides comprehensive coverage of memory assessment in a senior-friendly standardized battery.

  • Long enough to assure a thorough assessment but short enough to enhance motivation, the ability to stay on task, and give the appropriate effort on the entire battery
  • Includes 6 core subtests and 3 delayed recall tasks that evaluate general and specific memory functions
  • Features composite memory scores for Verbal Memory, Nonverbal Memory, and a Composite Memory Index
  • Features supplementary composite scores that include Verbal Delayed Recall Index and a Learning Index
  • Highly interpretable and relevant scores, scaled to a common familiar metric

Key Areas Measured


Key Areas Measured

  • Memory for Stories
  • Word List Learning
  • Visual Sequential Memory
  • Facial Memory
  • Object Recall
  • Memory for Location

Quick Reference

Age

Age

55 to 89

Administration Type

Administration Type

Self

Administration Time

Administration Time

25 to 35 Minutes

Qualification Level

Qualification Level

C

Format(s)

Format(s)

Handscored

Software (Scoring)

Quick Reference

Age

Age

55 to 89

Administration Type

Administration Type

Self

Administration Time

Administration Time

25 to 35 Minutes

Qualification Level

Qualification Level

C

Format(s)

Format(s)

Handscored

Software (Scoring)

Reliability and Validity

Reliability and Validity

Normative Data

Normative Data

TOMAL-SE scores include standardized or scaled scores and percentiles. Subtest scaled scores appear in a familiar metric with a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 3. Composite scores and indexes also are scaled to a familiar metric for ease of use and comparability with other tests (M = 100; SD = 15). Reliability was determined using standard methods for estimating the internal consistency of the subtests and composites. Reliability estimates are uniformly high across age levels and for various clinical samples, with all composite score average reliability coefficients having values of .94 or higher. Subtest scores have a majority of average reliability coefficients in the .90s as well, with the lowest value being .81 for Facial Memory. Test retest reliability coefficients are all .80 or higher for the subtest scores, and for the composite indexes all coefficients are .92 or higher.

The normative sample for the TOMAL-SE included more than 428 adults ages 55 through 89, drawn from 15 states representing all major regions of the United States. The sample was designed to be representative of the U.S. population as a whole on gender, age, ethnicity, urban/rural residence, and geographic distribution.