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University
of Victoria

Education - Educational Psychology

A guide to resources in UVic Libraries on the topics of educational psychology, school psychology, educational testing and measurement, psychometrics, learning sciences, and special education.

Classic books on tests and measurements

Mental Measurements Year and Tests in Print
Call Number: online
Tests in Print V by Buros Institute Staff (Editor)
Call Number: BF698.5 Z9T47 1999
ISBN: 0910674515
Publication Date: 1999-06-01
Personality by Buros Institute Staff; Buros Center
Call Number: Z5814 P8B935
ISBN: 0910674108
Publication Date: 1970-11-01
Test Critiques by Daniel J. Keyser (Editor); Richard C. Sweetland (Editor)
Call Number: BF176 T419
ISBN: 0961128666
Publication Date: 1984-01-01
Commissioned Reviews of 250 Psychological Tests by John Maltby (Editor); Christopher A. Lewis (Editor); Andrew Hill (Editor)
Call Number: BF176 T419
ISBN: 0773474528
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Tests by Taddy Maddox (Editor)
Call Number: BF176 T43 2003
ISBN: 0890799083
Publication Date: 2003-05-01
Directory of unpublished experimental mental measures by American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF431 .G625
Publication Date: 2003
Handbook of Test Development by Various editors
Call Number: LB3051 H339
ISBN: 0805852646
Publication Date: 2006-01-25
Handbook of Tests and Measurement in Education and the Social Sciences by Paula E. Lester; Lloyd K. Bishop
Call Number: LB3051 L4543 2000
ISBN: 081083863X
Publication Date: 2000-10-18

Find a test

The library subscribes to the most recent edition of the Mental Measurements Yearbook (online) and Tests in Print (online). This is a great starting point.
The periodical index PsycINFO also contains information on tests. In Advanced Search select 'tests & measures' from the drop-down menu. Or you can browse the Index menu for 'tests & measures'.
The Education Resource Information Center (ERIC) also has a test locator. Their old database is still a helpful resource.
The Buros Center for Testing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a leading source for test information and reviews.
The American Psychological Association (APA) has some helpful information on how to look for published and unpublished tests.
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has a searchable test collection.
While dated, the Center for Equity and Excellence in Education Test Database has browseable lists of tests.
The SAGE book Encyclopedia of psychological assessment also contains test information and reviews.
The Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education is available from the APA website.
UBC's Psychoeducational Research & Training Centre has a limited educational testing collection.

Books on psychometrics, testing, measurement, scales, and instruments

Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing by American Educational Research Association; American Psychological Assocation; National Council on Measurement in Education
Call Number: 371.26 A64 2014 CURRICULUM COLLECTION
ISBN: 0935302352
Publication Date: 2014-03-31
Encyclopedia of Psychological Assessment by Rocio Fernandez-Ballesteros (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 0761954945
Publication Date: 2003-02-28
Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills by Patrick Griffin (Editor); Esther Care (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9789401793957
Publication Date: 2014-10-21
Assessing Mathematical Literacy by Kaye Stacey (Editor); Ross Turner (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9783319101200
Publication Date: 2014-11-13
Analyzing Data from a National Assessment of Educational Achievement by Gerry Shiel; Fernando Cartwright; Vincent Greaney (Editor); Thomas Kellaghan (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780821395837
Publication Date: 2015-02-12
Assessment in Education by Shelleyann Scott (Editor); Donald E. Scott (Editor); Charles F. Webber (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9783319233970
Publication Date: 2015-10-30
What Can PISA 2012 Data Tell Us? by Lei Mee Thien (Volume Editor); Nordin Abd Razak (Editor); John P. Keeves (Volume Editor); I. Gusti Ngurah Darmawan (Volume Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9789463004664
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
LEARNING ORIENTED ASSESSMENT by JonesNeil
Call Number: P53.4 J66 2016
ISBN: 9781316507889
Publication Date: 2016-05-19
Measuring health: a guide to rating scales and questionnaires by Ian McDowell
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9786610914531
Publication Date: 2006
The Special Educator's Comprehensive Guide to 301 Diagnostic Tests by Roger Pierangelo; George Giuliani
Call Number: 371.9 P53 2006 CURRICULUM COLLECTION
ISBN: 0787978132
Publication Date: 2006-08-25

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