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Testing and Assessment Resources

 

American Psychological Association's Testing and Assessment Page
Features a trove of information on tests and testing, and is designed for professionals. Page contains links to testing standards resources, including a page dedicated to the "Rights and Responsibilities of Test Takers: Guidelines and Expectations."

American Psychological Association's FAQ/Finding Information About Psychological Tests
Linked from the APA's main Testing and Assessment Page, this page features guidance for finding information on published and unpublished tests and measures.

American Psychological Association's PsycINFO/ Tips for Searching for Tests and Assessment Instruments
Guides users in using the APA database, PsychINFO, to find testing and assessment information. Contains a link to all of the fields used in the PsychINFO database.

Buros Institute of Mental Measures
Buros is one of the biggest names in testing and assessment, and their resources are useful for educators, psychologists and the general public. The institute publishes the Mental Measures Yearbook and Tests in Print, and this website features information on how to use and cite from these resources. Also, the Buros website contains many other resources-including articles and research reports-on the subject of testing and assessment.

Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy (CSTEEP)
CSTEEP is a part of the Boston College in the School of Education, and the center conducts research on testing, evaluation, assessment and comparative research relating specifically to educational testing. This site contains resources relating to CSTEEP projects whose resources and research are relevant to all educational settings.

Educational Testing Services (ETS) Network
ETS is the company that administers the AP, CLEP, GMAT, GRE, SAT and TOEFL tests, among others. The site features testing reports, FAQs about tests and links for parents, students, educators policy makers and researchers.

ETS Test Collection Database
This website features the ETS Test Collection, which is a library of 20,000 "tests and other measurement devices from the early 1900s to the present." The database contains brief descriptions of the tests. Also featured is a link for downloading tests (for a fee).

Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment
This North Carolina State University site features a massive and annotated listing of assessment websites relating to higher education. Individual institutions are featured, as well as links to general resources, assessment handbooks, accrediting bodies and student assessment of courses and faculty.

Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences: Tests Available in Compilation Volumes.
This page, prepared by Helen Hough, Health Sciences Librarian at the University of Texas at Arlington, is an extensive, searchable guide to tests listed in a number of test collections (the source list is included).

Selected Resources from the Reference Collection

Commissioned reviews of 250 psychological tests. Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, c2000. Location: E. S. Bird-2nd Floor - Call Number: BF176 .C65 2000

Dictionary of behavioral assessment techniques. New York : Pergamon Press, 1988. Location: E. S. Bird 2nd Floor Call Number: BF176.5 .D53 1988

Directory of unpublished experimental mental measures. Goldman, Bert A. Washington, DC [etc.] American Psychological Association [etc.] Location: E. S. Bird-Reference, 1st Floor (does not circulate)- Call Number: BF431 .G625

Encyclopedia of psychological assessment. Fernandez-Ballesteros, Rocio, ed. London ; Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2003. Location: E.S. Bird 2nd Floor. Call Number: BF39 .E497 2003

The ETS Test Collection catalog. Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1986- Location: E. S. Bird-- 4th floor Call Number: LB3051 .E79 1986

Handbook of family measurement techniques. Touliatos, John, Barry F. Perlmutter, Murray A. Straus. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, c2001. Locaton: E. S. Bird-Reference Desk. Call Number: REF: HQ728 .H267 2001

Handbook of multicultural assessment : clinical, psychological, and educational applications. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2001. Location: E. S. Bird-2nd Floor - Call Number: BF176 .H36 2001

Handbook of psychological and educational assessment of children. New York : Guilford Press, c1990. Location: E. S. Bird-2nd Floor - Call Number: BF722 .H33 1990

Index to tests used in educational dissertations. Fabiano, Emily Phoenix : Oryx Press, 1989. Location: E. S. Bird-4th Floor - Call Number: LB3051 .F3 1989

Measures for clinical practice: a sourcebook. Corcoran, Kevin and Joel Fischer. 3rd ed. New York: Free Press. 2000. E. S. Bird - Reference, 1st floor - Call Number: REF BF 176 .C66 2000.

Measures for psychological assessment : a guide to 3,000 original sources and their applications.Chun, Ki-Taek. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1975. Location: E. S. Bird-2nd Floor - Call Number: BF698.5 .C45

The ... Mental measurements yearbook. Highland Park, N.J. : The Mental Measurements Yearbook, 1941- Location: : E. S. Bird-Reference, 1st Floor and E. S. Bird-5th Floor - Call Number: Z5814.P8 B932

Psychware sourcebook.Kansas City, Mo. : Test Corp. of America, c1987- Location: E. S. Bird-Reference, 1st Floor (does not circulate)- Call Number: BF176.2 .P77

Standards for educational and psychological testing American Psychological Association.Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c1985. Location: E. S. Bird-4th Floor - Call Number: LB3051 .A693 1985

Test critiques. Kansas City, Mo. : Test Corporation of America, c1984-1994. Location: E. S. Bird-Reference, 1st Floor (does not circulate) Call Number: BF176 .T419 1984

Tests : a comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology, education, and business. Richard C. Sweetland, Daniel J. Keyser, general editors. Kansas City : Test Corp. of America, 1983. Location: E. S. Bird-2nd Floor - Call Number: BF176 .T43 1991 & 2003

Tests in print. Lincoln, Neb., Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Location: E. S. Bird-Reference, 1st Floor , E. S. Bird-5th Floor - Call Number: Z5814.E9 T47

Tests in microfiche. Princeton, N.J., Educational Testing Service. Location: E. S. Bird-Media, Lower Level .Call Number: Microfiche LB3051 .E3527; Library has: set A (1975)-set Q (1991)

Cumulative index to tests in microfiche, 1975-1987. Princeton, NJ : ETS Test collection, 30-B, Educational Testing Service, c1988. Location: E. S. Bird-Media, Lower Level Call Number: LB3051 .E3527 Index 1975-1987


Prepared by Tasha Cooper and David M. Oldenkamp, 2003

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