UofL Libraries: Tests, Scales, Assessments: Basics of Testing

Understanding Testing Instruments

The books in this section provide information about creating measurement instruments, analyzing and interpreting tests, and issues surrounding their use.

APA educational psychology handbook
Ekstrom Library Ref. LB1051 .A618 2011
Essays on all aspects of educational testing
APA handbook of testing and assessment in psychology
Ekstrom Library Ref. BF176 .A63 2013
V. 1. Test theory and testing and assessment in industrial and organizational psychology. V. 2. Testing and assessment in clinical and counseling psychology. V. 3. Testing and assessment in school psychology and education.
Assessment Debate: A reference handbook
Ekstrom Library LB 3051 .S66 2001
A collection of essays providing an introduction and overview of the topic, a brief chronology of assessment movements since 1880, coverage of the standards movement, and chapters listing selected resources and organizations supporting performance assessment. Two appendices list state coordinators for testing reform and state-by-state reports on assessment.
Assessment in Early Childhood Education
Ekstrom Library LB3060.217 .W67 2012
Written for preschool and primary school teachers involved in preparing for, administering, interpreting, and moving forward with the results of informal and standardized testing.

Essentials of Psychological Testing (2014)
Ebook
"It contains everything you need to know about the science of measuring knowledge, abilities, attitudes, personality traits, and education level, and introduces readers to the most relevant reference works in the field."
FairTest: The National Center for Fair and Open Testing
"The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial." Special emphasis on eliminating racial, class, gender, and cultural barriers to equal opportunity posed by standardized tests, and preventing their damage to the quality of education, the organization provides information, technical assistance and advocacy on a broad range of testing concerns, focusing on three areas: K-12, university admissions, and employment tests. Includes links to FairTest's quarterly newsletter, The Examiner; a catalog of materials on both K- 12 and university testing to aid teachers, administrators, students, parents and researchers; to fact sheets on standardized testing and alternative assessment; and a to the organization's current projects.
Handbook of Psychological Assessment, 6th edition (2016)
Ebook, but older edition available in print Ekstrom Library BF 176 .G76 2003
Divided into 14 chapters, the Handbook offers updates reflecting events and movements in the field, including the impact of managed care, advances in identifying the empirical relationships between interventions and treatment planning, new surveys of test usage, new developments in the theory and practice of abilities testing, and advances in neuropsychological assessment. Includes appendices, references, and author and subject indicies. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III supplements the text.

Handbook of psychological assessment, case conceptualization, and treatment
Ekstrom Library Ref. RC 454 .H352 2008
Two volumes, one for adults and the other for adolescents and children.
Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
Ekstrom Library Ref. RC 454 .H352 2008
Two volumes, one for adults and the other for adolescents and children.
Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
Ekstrom Library Ref. LB 3051 .A693 1999
Published by the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education, the Standards "promote the sound and ethical use of tests and provide a basis for evaluating the quality of testing practices." Part I contains standards for validity; reliability and errors of measurement; test development and revision; scaling norming and score comparability; test administration, scoring and reporting; and supporting documentation for tests. Part II contains standards on fairness and bias; the rights and responsibilities of test takeers; testing individuals of diverse linguistic backgrounds; and testing individuals with disabilities. Part III contains standards involving general responsibilties of test users; psychological testing and assessment; educatinoal testing and assessment; testing in employment and credentialling; and testing in program evaluation and public policy. The text offers introductory material at the beginning of each chapter, and an index glossary of terms.
Test Critiques (vols. 1-10)
Ekstrom Library Ref. BF 176 .B418
Detailed descriptions on application, administration, scoring interpretation, reliability, validity and an overall critique. Bibliographic references are also included. Focus is on tests in psychology, education, and business, and the set is to be used in conjunction with Tests.