This bibliography will help you find test instruments and information about testing and measurement in the UGA libraries.  Tests may be published or unpublished.   The majority of published tests are not publicly available and in most cases you will need to buy a copy of the test from the publisher.  Tests that are not commercially published may be found in books, journal articles, printed reports, or available from the author.   The sources cited below either contain complete tests or tell you how to obtain them.  If you intend to administer an unpublished test, you will need to contact the author for permission; you may incorporate these tests into academic papers without prior permission, so long as proper credit is given.

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To find books on tests and measurements in GIL, the UGA libraries' catalog, use the Exact Search mode. On the search screen, type the phrase psychological tests, click in the radio button beside 'Subject Heading' and click on the GO button.  You will retrieve an alphabetical list of subject terms beginning with psychological tests.  If you click on the "see also" button to the left of this term you will retrieve a list of related subject headings.  You can click on any of these terms to retrieve a list of all books that share that subject heading.  The books you retrieve will cover methods of test construction, and/or applications of testing. They may or may not contain actual test instruments. (The only way to be sure a book contains actual tests is to look at the book yourself.) The same process will work with the phrase educational tests and measurements.  This subject heading will retrieve books on testing student academic achievement and aptitudes.  If you have any questions consult a librarian at the reference desk, or call the reference department at 542-3251 or contact us by email .

The following titles contain complete test instruments. If you plan to administer these tests, be sure you are not violating copyright law. Under current copyright law, assume someone holds copyright on anything until you can prove otherwise. The assumption is that intellectual ownership exists, even if the owner has not yet registered it with the US Copyright Office. Contact the owner for any use that falls outside the "Fair Use" doctrine. If in doubt, check the Regents Guide to Fair Use.

General / Multi-subject:

A Compendium of Neuropsychological Tests
Otfried Spreen and Esther Strauss.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
RC386.6.N48 S67 1998 (Science Library, 4th floor)

A collection of the most common measures used by the Victoria Neuropsychology Laboratory (Victoria, BC). Coverage includes such test areas as cognition, achievement, attention and memory, language, visual, tactile-motor, and adaptive behavior and personality tests.

Developmental Psychometrics: A Resource Book for Mental Health Workers and Educators
Jack L. Fadely and Virginia N. Hosler
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1980.
BF722.F32 (Main, 6th floor)

"Designed for mental health, medical and educational personnel who must do front line screening and diagnosis of children with behavioral disorders.  The material in this book provides an overview of a comprehensive screening process that can be accomplished at the front line level of assessment."  (From preface.)

Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement
Delbert Charles Miller
Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1991.  5th edition.
H62.M44 1991 (Main, 5th floor)

Offers step by step instructions for conducting social research.  Part 6 contains a large selection of sociometric scales, chosen for their proven validity and reliability.  Scales cover such areas as individuals, groups, work, family, community, values, etc.

Handbook of Tests and Measurement in Education and the Social Sciences
Paula E. Lester and Lloyd K. Bishop.
Lancaster, PA: Technomic Publishing Co., 2000.  2nd edition.
LB3051.L4543 2000 (Main, 1st floor reference, Index Table 3)

Offers over 120 instruments in 36 topic areas, including anxiety, culture, mentoring, power, gender, interpersonal relations, job satisfaction, morale, motivation, self-esteem, roles, stress and teacher attitudes, and many more topics.  Indexed by author and title.  Each entry discusses validity and reliability of the instrument and provides references for further information on its development and use.

Handbook of Tests and Measurements for Black Populations
Reginald L. Jones, editor.
Hampton, VA : Cobb & Henry Publishers, 1996.  2 volumes.
BF176 .H37 1996  (Main, 6th floor)

Over 100 instruments and approaches are represented in various stages of development.  Sections cover infants, children, adolescents, parents and family structure and dynamics.  Each entry provides purpose and description, possible uses, appropriate age ranges, administration, reliability and validity.  Many entries include questions used in the measure.

Tests and Measures in the Social Sciences: Tests Available in Compilation Volumes
Compiled by Helen Hough, Health Sciences Librarian, University of Texas, Arlington
http://libraries.uta.edu/helen/test&meas/testmainframe.htm

Index of full text test instruments from 80 print test compilations. Searchable by author and keyword. The UGA libraries may not own every print compilation listed.

Tests in Microfiche
Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service, 1975 -.  Annual.
Curriculum Materials Center, Aderhold 2nd floor

A  microfiche collection of unpublished, unevaluated tests.  Tests are indexed in the ETS Test Collection Catalogs (Main Reference, Index Table 3 and Curriculum Materials Center) by author, title and subject.

Psychosocial:

Exacting Beauty: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment of Body Image Disturbance
J. Kevin Thompson, et al.
Washington DC: American Psychological Association, 1999
RC569.5 .B65 E93 1999 (Science, 4th floor)

Contains 36 scales measuring social, societal, interpersonal, feminist and behavioral-cognitive concerns.

Guide to Intelligence and Personality Testing: Including Actual Tests and Answers
Victor Serebriakoff
Park Ridge, NJ: Parthanon Publishing Group, 1989
BF431 .S439 1988 (Main, 6th floor)

Handbook of Psychiatric Measures
John Rush, Jr., et al.
Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association, 2000.
RC473 .P78 A46 2000 (Science, 4th floor)

108 actual measures are included on the CD-ROM that accompanies the text.

Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures
Clive M. Davis, et al.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998.
HQ60 .H36 1998 (Main, 5th floor)

Contains 196 instruments measuring attitudes and behaviors on sex and related social issues, such as abortion, AIDS, gender issues, etc.

Measurement of Love and Intimate Relations:Theories Scales and Applications for Love Development, Maintenance and Dissolution.
Oliver C.S. Tzeng
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1993
HM132 .T84 1993 (Main, 5th floor)

Contains 28 test instruments.

Measures for Clinical Practice: A Sourcebook
Joel Fischer and Kevin Corcoran.
New York: Free Press, 2000.  2 vols.
BF176.C66 (Main, 1st floor reference, Index Table 3)

Volume 1 contains instruments for couples and children and volume 2 contains instruments for adults.  Indexes instruments by problem area as well as by the title of the instrument.

Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes
John P. Robinson , Phillip R. Shaver and Lawrence S. Wrightsman
San Diego, Academic Press, 1991
BF698.4.M38 (Main, 6th floor)

Updates Measures of Social Psychological Attitudes (see entry below).  A selective compendium of 150 measures for all age groups, with actual test instruments for many, but not all entries.  Covers such areas as positive and negative affective states, such as happiness, self-esteem, social anxiety, loneliness, depression, alienation;  also deals with measures of beliefs, values and traits, including locus of control, authoritarianism and androgyny.

Measures of Political Attitudes
John P. Robinson, et al.
Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 1968.
JA74.5 .R6 (Main, 6th floor)

Provides tests and scoring instructions and an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of each test.  Includes topics such as public opinion polls, racial, ethnic, international and religious attitudes, responses to advertising campaigns and issues of party politics.

Appendix B to Measures of Political Attitudes (see entry above.)

Mirrors for Behavior II: An Anthology of Observation Instruments
Philadelphia: Research for Better Schools, 1970.
LB 1731.M5 (Main, 2nd floor)
Mirrors for Behavior III: An Anthology of Observation Instruments
Wyncote, PA: Communication Materials Center, 1974.
LB1131.5 M57 (Main, 2nd floor)

The two volumes together include 178 observational instruments designed for the study of learning environments and group dynamics.

Scales for the Measurement of Attitudes
Marvin E. Shaw and Jack M. Wright.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967.
BF378.A75 S45  (Main, 6th floor)

Chapters 3 through 7 contain scales related to social practices, politics, religion, ethnic and national groups, significant others and social institutions.  Scales are presented in full and evaluated.

Health:

Compendium of Quality of Life Instruments
Sam Salek, editor.
Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1998.
RA407 .C65 1998 (Science Reference, 2nd floor)

Over 150 questionnaires and translations that measure health status and quality of life. Includes general quality of life instruments, disease specific instruments and measures that target specific populations, such as children and the elderly.

Measuring Health: A Guide to Rating Scales and Questionnaires
Ian McDowell and Claire Newell..
New York : Oxford University Press, 1996. 2nd ed.
RA408.5.M38 1996 (Science, 4th floor)

A guide to sociomedical measurements covering a variety of topics, including physical disability, emotional and social well-being, pain, life satisfaction, and quality of life.  Provides over 80 instruments, along with descriptions and evaluations.

Work:

Assessments A to Z: A Collection of 50 Questionnaires, Instruments and Inventories
Bonnie Burn, Maggi Payment
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 2000.
HF5549.5 .T7 B795 2000 (accompanying CD Rom at Circulation Desk)

Assessments measure various job related attitudes, knowledge and skills, such as assertiveness, business writing, customer service, office behavior and time management.

The Experience of Work: A Compendium and Review of 249 Measures and Their Use
John D. Cook, et al.
New York: Academic Press, 1981.
HF5549.5.A83 E9 1981 (Main, 5th floor)

Contains 100 test instruments and another 149 descriptions of tests.  Covers such issues as leadership style, overall job satisfaction, specific satisfactions, alienation and commitment, and work values. Also provides an extensive bibliography and index of scales and sub-scales.

Measures of Occupational Attitudes and Occupational Characteristics
John P. Robinson, et.al
Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research, 1969.
JA74.5 .R6 (Main, 6th floor)

Appendix A to Measures of Political Attitudes (see entry below.)

 

Marketing and Communication:

Communication Research Measures: A Sourcebook
Rebecca B. Rubin, et al, editors.
New York: Guilford Press, 1994.
P91.3.C62 1994 (Main, 3rd floor)

Reviews quantitative measures used in various fields of communication studies.  Part II profiles over 60 scales, including background information on the scale, evaluation of reliability and validity, strengths and weaknesses, studies that have used the scale, and often the actual scale itself.

Handbook of Marketing Scales: Multi-Item Measures for Marketing and Consumer Behavior Research
William O. Bearden, Richard G. Netemeyer, Mary F. Mobley.
Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1999.
HF5415.3.B323 1999 (Main, 5th floor)

Includes scales on such topics as individual behavior, values, information processing, reactions to advertising stimuli, attitudes and ethics, and sales and sales management practices.  Presents 124 scales.

Marriage & Family:

Handbook of Family Measurement Techniques
John Touliatos, Barry Perlmutter and Murray Straus, editors.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2001
HQ728 .H267 2001 (Main, 5th floor)

Abstracts of 976 instruments arranged under five broad categories; dimensions of interaction, intimacy and family values, parenthood, roles and power, and adjustment. Each abstract includes content, procedures, reliability, validity and selected references. Indexed by author, title and classification

Handbook of Measurements for Marriage and Family Therapy
Norman Fredman & Robert Sherman.
New York : Brunner/Mazel, 1987.
RC488.5 .F73 1987 (Science Library, 4th floor)

Provides descriptions, references, reliability, validity and administration data for 4 observational and 31 written instruments published since 1975 and evaluates an additional 11 popular inventories and tests.  Each review contains complete or sample items from the instrument, a two-to-four-page discussion of its format, administration procedures, standardization sample, reliability, and validity, and information for obtaining the instrument.

Marriage and Family Assessment: A Sourcebook for Family Therapy
Erik E. Filsinger, editor
Beverly Hills : Sage Publications, 1983.

Contains six complete test instruments.

 

Crime & Delinquency

Handbook of Scales for Research in Crime and Delinquency
Stanley L. Brodsky and H. O'Neal Smitherman.
New York: Plenum Press, 1983.
HV9274.B76 1983 (Main, 5th floor)

Covers seven topic areas: law enforcement and police, courts and the law, corrections, delinquency, offenders, crime and criminality and general scales for citizens as a whole and specific groups of non-criminals.

 

Gerontology:

Research Instruments in Social Gerontology
David J. Mangen and Warren A. Peterson.
Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c1982-c1984. 2 volumes.
HQ1061 .R44 1982 (Main, 5th floor)

Over 400 instruments are described, with a large number of complete tests included. Volume 1 covers clinical and social psychology and volume 2 covers social roles and social participation.

These sources describe the tests and give purchase information for published and unpublished tests, surveys, scales, questionnaires, etc.  The section above Sources containing test instruments may also contain sources that include location information for tests.

Dictionary of Behavioral Assessment Techniques
Michel Hersen and  Alan S. Bellack, editors.
New York : Pergamon Press, 1988
BF176.5 .D53 1988 (Main, 6th floor)

Entries describe various assessment techniques for all ages. Provides information on purpose, validity, reliability, and clinical use and future directions.  Indexed by title and assessment focus.

Provides summary information and references for 314 psychological scales, questionnaires and inventories specific to sport and exercise.  The measures are culled from scholarly literature published since the mid 1960's.  The tests in this work are intended for research, rather than diagnosis or evaluation.  Most are not available commercially.

Supplements the Mental Measurements Yearbook (see entry below) by providing listings of unpublished tests described or reproduced in 36 journals in the fields of behavioral and social sciences from 1970 - . ETS Test Collection Catalogs
6 vols
LB3051.E79 (Main, 1st floor reference, Index Table 3)

Entries provide brief summaries of tests for use in research, advising, education, counseling and business.  Subject, title and author access is provided to measures in such areas as achievement, vocation, special opulations, cognitive aptitude and intelligence, attitude, affective measures and personality.

ETS Test Collection
Online: http://www.ets.org/testcoll/index.html

An index to over 20,000 tests and other measurements from the early 1900's to the present. Many of these tests are available in the CMC ETS Tests in Microfiche collection. From the main page, click on the 'Find a Test' tab to search the database.

Family Assessment: A Guide to Methods and Measures
Harold D.Grotevant and Cindy I.  Carlson
New York : Guilford Press, 1989.
HQ518.G75 (Main, 5th floor)

Covers instruments concerning whole-family or multiple-family functioning and relationships.  Information on observational measures and self-report measures is included.

Chapters are arranged by subject: gender roles, children and gender, marital and parental roles, employee roles, multiple roles and attitudes toward gender role issues.  For each of the over 200 tests or measures, the author provides a description and sample items, as well as information on audience, reliability and validity.

Abstracts of 976 instruments arranged under five broad categories; dimensions of interaction, intimacy and family values, parenthood, roles and power, and adjustment.  Each abstract includes content, procedures, reliability, validity and selected references.  Indexed by author, title and classification.

Describes instruments for measuring cognitive, psychomotor, physical and sensory/perceptual performance.

This database identifies measurement instruments (i.e. questionnaires, rating scales, tests, index measures, scenarios, vignettes, observation checklists and manuals, coding schemes and projective techniques)  used in health, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior and library and information science.  Over 2/3 of the measures are health related. Provides sources, abstracts, and reviews when applicable.  Only one user can access this database at a time;  if you get a 'busy signal', try again in a few minutes.

Index to Tests Used in Educational Dissertations
Emily Fabiano.
Phoenix : Oryx Press, 1989.
LB3051.F3  (Main, 1st floor reference, Index Table 3)

A comprehensive list of tests used in dissertations submitted to Dissertation Abstracts in the field of Education. The test title index lists the title, test population, DAI volume and age and dissertation author.  Dissertation Abstracts is available on GALILEO@UGA.

Unpublished mental and personality tests.  Descriptor index lists tests by topic.

Mental Measurements Yearbook
Highland Park, N.J. : The Mental Measurements Yearbook, 1941- .
Z5814.P8973  (Main, 1st floor reference, Index Table 3)

A key source for locating commercial, published tests.  Entries include information on availability, scoring and validity as well as reviews of some tests.  The MMY's also review major books on tests and testing and provide a bibliography of related periodicals.   A guide to using the Mental Measurements Yearbook in print is available http://www.unl.edu/buros/bimm/html/howtommy.html as well as a guide for evaluating tests http://www.unl.edu/buros/bimm/html/lesson02.html. See the entry above for the Tests Online for an online index to MMY. Please note that the online version is not a complete substitute for the print. It doesn't contain tests published before 1989, and older versions of tests are removed from the online version when a more recent version is published. Consult the print edition for older or superseded versions of tests.

Psychware Sourcebook
Kansas City, Mo. : Test Corp. of America, c1987- . Annual.
BF176.2 .P77 (Main, 6th floor)

This annual publication identifies and describes a broad array of electronic products for assessment in psychology, education and business.  Samples from products are included.  Indexes by test title, product category, application and supplier.  A seperate section provides a directory of releant journals, associations and computer networks.

Describes nearly 200 scales in detail. The eleven chapters cover the following topics: heterosocial relations, sexuality, contraception and abortion, pregnancy and childbirth, somatic issues, homosexuality, rape and sexual coercion, family violence, body image and appearance, and eating disorders.

Approximately 1100 abstracts of psychological measures related to mental health.  Entries are grouped into 45 clusters of instruments sharing a similar purpose or character.

Test Reviews Online
Online: http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp

Free information on over 4000 commercially available tests. Reviews for 2000 tests can be purchased at this site, however these reviews can also be found in print in Test Critiques or online in the GALILEO@UGA database Mental Measurements Yearbook (see entries below.)

Tests: A Comprehensive Reference for Assessments in Psychology, Education and Business
Taddy Maddox, editor.
Austin, TX: Pro-Ed, 1997.  4th ed.
BF176.T43 1997  (Main, 1st floor Reference, Index Table 3)

Covers thousands of published and unpublished tests, and is a good supplement to the Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print.  For each test, the entry provides purpose, time to complete, age range, scoring method, cost and publisher information.  Does not include reliability or validity information.   Indexed by test title, author, and publisher.  Also includes out-of-print index, hearing-impaired index, physically-impaired index, and foreign language availability index.

Tests and Measurements in Child Development: Handbook II
Orval G. Johnson.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1976.
BF722.J643 (Main, 1st floor Reference)

The original handbook contains unpublished measures for children ages 0-12, drawn from journal literature, 1956-1965.  The Handbook II contains over 900 unpublished measures for children ages 0-18, drawn from 148 journals, 1966-1974.

A master index to the first 13 Mental Measurements Yearbook's.  Consists of descriptive listings of and references to commercially published tests that are in print and available for purchase.  Also offers comprehensive bibliographies that includes reviews.   A guide to using Tests in Print is available on the Buros Institue website:  http://www.unl.edu/buros/bimm/html/howtotip.html 

In addition to the titles listed below, scholarly journal articles will also often review specific tests.  Consult the databases listed in the section below to find these articles.

Assessment in Gifted Education
Frances A. Karnes and Emily C. Collins
Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas, 1981
LC3993.2.K37  (Main 2nd floor)

Descriptive and source information on tests for gifted children grades 1-12.  Includes an "assessment matrix" to aid in choosing the appropriate instrument for a particular dimension and age group.

Use the taxonomic listing to locate names and overall ratings of tests by subject, then use Appendix A to locate detailed ratings of tests, listed in alphabetical order.

Descriptive and source information for approximately 175 measures applicable to the classroom.  Includes published and unpublished tests.

Reviews 38 major stress evaluation instruments for a variety of populations.  Each of the 38 entries provide information on the instruments history, underlying premises and objectives, conditions for use, benefits and limitations, references and an illustrative case example.  Also provides contact information.

Provides descriptive and critical information for a wide range of published tests on such topics as intelligence, achievement, motor skills, speech and language, perception and memory.

A step-by-step guide to the classic tests for psychological assessment, including Wechsler Intelligence Scales, Bender-Gestalt, Rorschach, the Minnesota Multiphasic, and projective drawings. Compiles information from many separate manuals and texts. The third edition updates evaluation systems, includes new and revised tests, adds sections on ethics and test selection, and expands the coverage of various topics.

Section IV of this publication describes and evaluates the "best" tests in areas such as intelligence, personality, ability, etc.

This database identifies measurement instruments (i.e. questionnaires, rating scales, tests, index measures, scenarios, vignettes, observation checklists and manuals, coding schemes and projective techniques)  used in health, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior and library and information science. Over 2/3 of the measures are health-related. Provides sources, abstracts, and reviews when applicable.  Only one user can access this database at a time;  if you get a 'busy signal', try again in a few minutes.

Focuses primarily on the measurement of organizations and professional behavior within education and the social sciences. Contains entries on about 850 scales, questionnaires, surveys indexes, and inventories treated in the research literature 1950-92. Its six chapters treat Organizational Analysis and Evaluation; Leadership, Performance, and Supervision; Work Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Stress; The Individual/Professional in the Organization; Relationship Between the Professional and the Organization; and Diagnostic Survey of Organizations and Schools. Most entries contain an instrument title, author citation, and brief description, some entries contain no description at all, while others offer a description of the original sample, scoring procedures, sample items, and references.

Detailed information is included on the construction, administration, interpretation and status of each instrument.  Test assumptions, strategies and issues are discussed and an illustrative case is provided for each instrument.

A key source for test evaluations.  Entries provide references to the tests and reviews as well as information on availability, scoring and validity.  The MMY's also review major books on tests and testing and provide a bibliography of related periodicals.   A guide to using the Mental Measurements Yearbook in print is available on the Buros Institute website: http://www.unl.edu/buros/howtommy.html. See the entry above for the Tests Online for an online index to MMY.

Provides reviews and location information for over 100 published instruments favored by child psychologists, culled from the Mental Measurements Yearbook series, 1965 -1992.  The reviews are reprinted from the MMY.

Appendix B is entitled "Reviews of Commercially Available Assessment Instruments" and contains descriptions of 140 tests.

Reviews available tests of intelligence and specific abilities such as cognitive skills, language, social adjustment and behavior, and physical skills.  Entries include description, reliability, validity, norms and comments.

Descriptive and source information for approximately 150 socioemotional measures for children aged 3-6.  Includes both published and unpublished measures in such categories as attitudes, interests, personality, self-concept and social skills.

Presents over 70 scales on a wide range of adult mental disorders, reviews of their psychometric properties, and user instructions. The scales include self-report, observer-based, and clinician-rating measures. The scales are presented in an order paralleling the structure of DSM-IV. The authors provide practical information about each scale, including purpose and development, administration and scoring, sample and cutoff scores, reliability, validity, and actual scale items.

Reprinted selections from the Test Critiques series.  Some entries may be updates of the original entry in Test Critiques.  Entries examine the test background and development, practical applications, technical aspects, and concludes with an overall critique and list of references.

A comprehensive source providing descriptions, reviews and references for most frequently used and recommended psychologial, educational and business tests.  A good supplement to Tests in Print. See the entry above for Test Reviews Online for an online index to Test Critiques.

All the databases below can be searched by individual test name.  If you are searching for articles by topic, follow the suggested search strategies described for each of the databases.  Database searching by topic can be tricky.  If you have any questions or problems come to the reference desk, call the reference department at 706/542-3251 or email us.
 

Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1984- (indexing and abstracts); 1990- (full text and images)
Updates daily.

Provides full text for over 1,200 journals covering education, social sciences, business, humanities, general science, and multi-cultural studies, as well as abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals, and coverage of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor. It also includes coverage of over 1,700 peer-reviewed journals.  Useful keyword search terms for tests in this database include psychological tests; educational tests and measurements and the term testing used in combination with other subject terms. You can restrict your search to scholarly journals by clicking in the 'peer reviewed' box at the bottom of the screen.  For example:

Indexes dissertations from participating accredited U.S. institutions. Selectively covers masters theses and international dissertations.  To see abstracts from earlier dates, consult the print edition of Dissertation Abstracts, American Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Abstracts.  Use the BASIC SEARCH screen to search by test name, or subject.  Your terms will be retrieved from the title or abstract.  Click on the 'Search Tips' link for detailed advice on constructing a search query.
(Note: UGA usually does not own dissertations from other institutions, but they can be borrowed through the Interlibrary Loan Office.)

To locate articles dealing with testing, add the subject "tests and scales" to your subject terms.  For example:  If your search does not produce results, try redoing your search, but entering  your topic terms (here, 'gifted') in the "Words Anywhere" field rather than in the subject field.   Note that you can limit your search to full text articles only and/or peer reviewed articles only.

ERIC is the largest online index to education information in the world, and includes journal articles, research findings, projects, technical reports, speeches, unpublished manuscripts, curriculum guides and books. The items you find in ERIC will be in one of two formats: journal articles, or  microfiche documents. Most ERIC documents published from 1993 onward will be full text online.

The following are two ways to locate test information by topic; each method may produce different results on the same topic, so a comprehensive search requires both.  Both methods use the ADVANCED SEARCH mode. The first example, below, searches two terms, "gifted" and "measure*" as Subjects in the pull down menu.  The '*' is a truncation symbol that allows you to search a root word; in this case 'measure*' will retrieve measurement, measures, measure, etc.    The example below also searches for the truncated terms "append? or attach?" in 'all fields' since one of those terms is usually used in a abstract when an actual test instrument is included in the article.  To see a complete list of subject terms relevant to tests and measures, click on the Thesaurus Search A-Z button and search the ERIC thesaurus for the term measures (individual).




The second method to search for test instruments is to type in your subject search terms in the 'SU Subject' field as in the previous example, but then hold down the control button and select both 'Statistical Data' and 'Tests/Evaluation Instruments' from the scrollbox menu at the bottom of the screen.

Contains citations, abstracts and some full text of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports and dissertations in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. If you are searching for information on a particular test, simply search by test name. If you are looking for a copy of the test, try adding the keyword appended to your search as well.  For more terms relating to testing or measurement, click on the button 'Thesaurus  Search A-Z' and type in the term measurement to choose among 60 possible descriptors dealing with testing and measurement; using the ADVANCED search mode, combine one of these terms with other subject terms suitable to your topic.    For example:





Test information can also be searched by form/content type..  Using the ADVANCED SEARCH mode, type in your appropriate search terms, then scroll to the bottom of the screen and use the 'Methodology' pulldown menu to select the particular type of study you are looking for (ex: quantitative study, empirical study, etc.) Hold down the Control key to choose more than one type.  
 

Sociological Abstracts
Coverage: 1952 to present.
Updates monthly.

Contains information from approximately 2500 journals in 30 different languages from about 55 countries Covers sociology and related disciplines.  Consult the Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms under the phrase measures (instruments) to see a complete list of terms dealing with tests and measures. (You will find the Thesaurus online by clicking on the 'Search Tools' tab, then clicking on the 'Thesaurus' tab.) Combine this subject term with another subject term from the Thesaurus that best describes your topic.  For example:

Internet resources on testing

Contains a wealth of information, including the FAQ "Finding Information About Psychological Tests", ordering information for APA publications on testing, and links to other testing-related websites, primarily professional associations and publishers.

Addresses the fair use of educational standards, assessments and tests.  Provides links to other testing-related organizations, research on testing and equity, and an interactive bulletin board on testing issues.

"The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) is a professional organization for individuals involved in assessment, evaluation, testing, and other aspects of educational measurement. Members are involved in the construction and use of standardized tests; new forms of assessment, including performance-based assessment; program design; and program evaluation" (from the webpage).  The site includes news, publications, listservs, career information and related links.

PARE: Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation

An online journal of refereed articles on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice, especially at the local education agency (LEA) level. Can be searched by title, author, descriptors or keywords.

Handbooks and dictionaries

Prepared by the American Psychological Association's Joint Committee on Testing Practices.

Prepared by the NCME Ad Hoc Committee on the Development of a Code of Ethics.  Copyright 1995,  National Council on Measurement in Education.  Any portion of this Code may be reproduced and disseminated for educational purposes.

Developed by the American Association of School Administrators, National Association of Elementary School Principals, National Association of Secondary School Principals, National Council on Measurement in Education.  This is not copyrighted material. Reproduction and dissemination are encouraged. 1997.

Over 5,000 definitions of terms in psychological testing, assessment, and treatment. Entries explain statistical procedures, psychometric and other psychological tests, categories of mental illness, medical terms, and types of psychological therapies.

Signed, scholarly entries on all aspects of educational research. An appendix titled  "Doing Library Research in Education" suggests methods and resources to students wishing to conduct further research.

Detailed chapters survey the latest developments in such areas as psychometrics, intelligence, achievement, aptitiude and interest, neuropsychological assessment, interviewing, personality assessment, behavioral assessment, and assessment of minorities and the elderly.

Developed by the American Federation of Teachers, National Council on Measurement in Education, and the National Education Association.  This is not copyrighted material. Reproduction and dissemination are encouraged. 1990.

Written for the professional and the educated layperson, it addresses professional and technical issues of test development in use in education, psychology and employment.

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