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ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation (Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC®))

The ERIC®Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation seeks to provide 1) balanced information concerning educational assessment and 2) resources to encourage responsible test use.

ERIC/AE Test Locator (Eric Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation)

Includes three databases: ETS/ERIC Test File (The Educational Testing Service (ETS) Test Collection database contains records on over 10,000 tests and research instruments. These records describe the instruments and provide availability information); Test Review Locator (This page allows you to search for citations to reviews of educational and psychological tests and measures that The Buros Institute of Mental Measurements and ProEd (book publisher) have included in their directories); Buros/ERIC Test Publisher Directory (This page allows you to search for the names and addresses of over 900 major commerical test publishers. This database was compiled by The Buros Institute of Mental Measurements). The Test Locator is a joint project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation at the Catholic University of America, the Library and Reference Services Division of the Educational Testing Service, the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, the Region III Comprehensive Center at GW University, and Pro-Ed test publishers.

HAPI: Health/Psychosocial Instruments (Ovid)

Health and Psychosocial Instruments 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. HAPI assists researchers, practitioners, educators, administrators, and evaluators, including students, to identify measures needed for research studies, grant proposals, client/patient assessment, class papers/projects, theses/dissertations, and program evaluation.

How to use Tests in Print (Buros Institute of Mental Measurements)

Excellent guide to Tests in Print which is in the Reference Collection: Ref 19 LB3051 T47 1994

How to use the Mental Measurements Yearbook (Buros Institute of Mental Measurements)

Excellent guide for the Mental Measurements Yearbook which is available in the Reference Collection at: Ref 19 BF431 M4

Mini Mental Status Examination (University of Florida)

The "Mini" Mental Status Exam is a quick way to evaluate cognitive function. It is often used to screen for dementia or monitor its progression. Adapted from Folstein et al, Mini Mental State, J PSYCH RES 12:196-198 (1975)