Testing Instruments
General Information on Tests
The books in this section provide information about creating measurement
instruments, analyzing and interpreting tests, and issues surrounding their use.
Acheivement Test Desk Reference (ATDR): Comprehensive assessment and learning disabilities
Ekstrom Library Ref. LB 3036.3 .A28 2002
"Link[s] the practice of academic and learning disability assessment across a wide variety of
practitioners, including educational evaluators, LD specialists, school/clinical psychologists, and speech/language
pathologists ... by combining detailed descriptions and critical reviews of over 50 recently published acheivement
tests with a comprehensive, innovative frameowrk for learning disability evaluation." Appendices include CHC cross-battery worksheets; percentile rank and standard score conversion table;
test reviews and validity evidence reported in the extant literature; CHC cross-battery levels I-A, II-A and III;
variations in task characteristics for tests in reading comprehension, written expression, math calculation, math
reasoning, listening comprehension, and oral expression; case reports and expert consensus study data. Also includes
an extensive list of references and a detailed index. An essential source.
Assessment Debate: A reference handbook
Ekstrom Library Ref. 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.
Dictionary of Psychological Testing, Assessment and Treatment:
Includes key terms in statistics, psychological testing, experimental modes and
therapeutic treatments
Ekstrom Library Ref. BF 176 .S78 1995
An alphabetical guide to the basic tools of psychology (commonly-used tests,
experimental methods, analyses and therapies). Many entries include cross-references.
FairTest: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (NCFOT, funded by the Boston, Ford and Joyce Foundations, and Spencer Trust)
"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: with WAIS-III supplement, 3rd ed.
Ekstrom Library Ref. BF 176 .G76 1999
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.
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 conjection with Tests, listed below.
Sources describing tests & how to obtain them
In addition to publication and ordering information for commercially available tests, and citations if the
instrument is printed in a publically accessible publication, most of these sources include a descriptioni of the test, and references
to articles on applications and validity.
Compendium of Neuropsychological Tests: Administration, norms and commentary
Ekstrom Library Ref. Desk RC 386.6 .N48 S67 1998
The "manual presents a compilation of the main neuropsychological tests currently used in the
University of Victorial Psychology Laboratory and its associated facitlites. For each test entry, information is
provided under the following headings listed in the actual order of presentation: Test name, Other test name(s),
Purpose, Source, Description, Administration, Approximate time for administration, Scoring, Comment, Normative
data. Most neuropsychological tests have been developed primarily for the adult age range; however, [the editors]
have included all available norms for pediatric and gerontological populations, as well as nueropsychological tests
developed especially for children." Includes name, test and subject indices.
ETS Testlink
"The ETS Test Collection includes an extensive
library of 20,000 tests and other measurement devices from the
early 1900s to the present. ... It was established to make
information on standardized tests and research instruments
available to researchers, graduate students, and teachers. The
tests in the collection were acquired from a variety of U.S.
publishers and individual test authors. Foreign tests are also
included in the collection, including some from Canada, Great
Britain, and Australia." Click on the Testlink icon; searchable by
keyword.
Gender Roles: A handbook of tests and measures
Ekstrom Library Ref. HM 253 .B43 1990
Describes 211 scales in 7 chapters: Gender Roles, Children and Gender, Stereotypes, Marital and Parental Roles,
Employee Roles, Multiple Roles, and Attitudes Toward Gender Role Issues. For each test there are copious paragraphs on development,
validity, reliability, and includes commentary and bibliographic references.
Health and Psychosocial Instruments
HAPI provides ready access to information on measurement instruments (i.e., questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, rating scales, projective techniques, vignettes/scenarios, tests) in the health fields, psychosocial sciences, organizational behavior, and library and information science. (Ovid)
Mental Measurements Yearbook
The Mental Measurements Yearbook, from the Buros Institute, contains descriptive information and critical reviews of more than 2,000 commercially-available standardized English-language educational, personality, aptitude, neuropsychological, achievement and intelligence tests. (SilverPlatter)
Sex & Gender Issues: A handbook of tests and measures Ekstrom Library Ref. BF 692 .B38 1990
Describes 197 scales organized into 11 chapters: Heterosocial Relations, Sexuality, Contraception & Abortion,
Pregnancy & Childbirth, Somatic Issues, Homosexuality, Rape & Sexual Coercion, Family Violence, Body Image & Appearance, and
Eating Disorders.For each test there are copious paragraphs on development, validity and reliability; also provides commentary and
bibliographic references.
Tests: A comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology, education and business Ekstrom Library Ref. BF 176 .T43 2003
The fifth edition presents tests from 219 publishers arranged in the three broad categories specified in the title,
and broken into sub-categories. Information about each test is minimal: author, publisher, purpose, description, format, scoring and
cost. Publisher addessed and websites are listed separately. Entries for each test are less than 1/2 page; for more detailed description
and analysis of the tests listed in this text, consult Test Critiques, volumes 1-10.
Tests in Print V: An index to tests, test reviews, and the literature on specific tests
Ekstrom Library Ref. Z 5814 .E9 T47 1999
"Tests in Print consists of descriptive listings of and references to commercially
published tests that are in print and available for purchase and use. It serves as a comprehensive index to the Mental Measurements Yearbooks published to date. Because Tests in Print indexes all 13 of the books in
the Mental Measurements Yearbook series, it is an invaluable guide to both descriptive and analytical information."
Resources that include instruments
The books listed below include actual scales and inventories. (They will not include tests available commercially
- i.e. those sold by publishers.) In most cases, entries also provide scoring instructions, descriptions, discuss sample validity and
provide the primary reference.
Handbook of family measurement techniques, volumes 1 through 3
Ekstrom Library Ref. HQ 728 .H267 2001
Volume 1 of this set provides abstracts and references
to 976 instruments frm the 1975-1986, "but also briefly described
instruments published from as far back as 1929." Volume 2 abstracts 267
instruments 1987-1996, and volume 3 contains the actual instruments from
168 of those abstracted in volume 2. It "includes primarily self-report
scales ... for rating behaviors of families or family members."
Handbook of marketing scales: Multi-item measures for marketing and consumer behavior research
Ekstrom Library Ref. HF 415.3 .B323 1999
A compilation of approximately 200 self-report measures
used in marketing and consumer behavior research.
Handbook of tests and measurements for Black populations
Ekstrom Library Ref. BF 176 .H37 1999
Over 100 instruments that have been developed with
"African American history, characteristics, experiences, behaviors, and
needs as their foundation." Most of the 86 chapters are written by the
authors of the measure and include extensive discussion of the background
and development of the test as well as its application.
Measures for clinical practice: A sourcebook, volumes 1 & 2
Ekstrom Library Ref. BF 176 .C66 2000
This book aims to provide instruments that practicioners
and students can use in monitoring and evaluating their clinical practice.
They measure "common problems seen in clinical practice, and are
relatively short, easy to score and administer ...". Volume 1 contains
instruments for couples, families and children; volume 2 provides
instruments for adults.
Measures of social psychological attitudes (1973)
Measures of personality and other social
psychological attitudes (1990)
Ekstrom Library Ref. BF 698.4 .M38
The 1990 edition covers over 100 measures that were
identified as the most useful measures of important social science
concepts. These are reviewed by experts in the field and in addition to
the tests, each chapter contains an introduction to the subject area,
future directions and a bibliography.
Measures of political attitudes (1968) & (1999)
Ekstrom Library Ref. JA 74.5 .R6 1968
Ekstrom Library Ref. JA 74.5 .M43 1999
Nearly 150 measures are reveiwed, and many are presented
in their entirety. Focus is on political attitudes and behavior that will
be "useful in survey research settings as well as in laboratory
situations."
Scales for the measurement of attitudes
Ekstrom Library Ref. BF 378 .A75 S45
With introductory and concluding chapters discuss
nature, methods and evaluation of measurements. Chapters 3 through 10
present the scales grouped by attitudes toward various social referents:
social issues and problems, international issues, political and religious
issues, ethnic and national groups, etc.
ETS Test Collection -- Tests in Microfiche
Ekstrom Media Collection (2nd floor) Fiche 21 LB
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Non-commercial research instruments that have been cited
in the educational and psychological literature and which the authors have
agreed to make available through Educational Testing Service. Tests cover
many topics and subjects and can be reproduced for educational or research
purposes. Most of this set is available in the Media Department, Ekstrom
Library. There is a paper index to the set, also in the Media Department,
Cumulative Index to Tests in Microfiche, 1975-2000, (Media LB 3051
.E795). Tests are also included online thorugh
ETS Testlink.
Finding more information
You can find additional books about tests by searching Minerva, the UofL Libraries' online catalog. Some
subject headings which will be useful are:
- psychometrics
- personality tests
- psychological tests
- intelligence tests
- anxiety testing
You can also seach under the name of a particular test.
To find journal articles, various databases will be appropriate to search, especially those in the fields of education and
psychology. Again, you can search under the name of a particular test, or under categories such as:
- attitude measures
- performance tests
- employment tests
- inventories
- test construction
In most cases you will retrieve reference to articles that describe situations in which the tests have been used, with comments on the
reliability and validity. Occaisionally you will find the instrument itself. When using the Health and Psychosocial Instruments database, listed above, articles tagged "Primary Source" will include the instrument. In ETS Testlink, listed above, you can
retrieve tests available in journal articles by doing an Advanced Search on your subject or on title words, then seaching that
set for the term "Journal" in the Availability field.
