As part of the Buros' ongoing efforts to improve the science and practice of testing, we present this series of guides and resources to support the appropriate selection of tests. In addition, video modules and relevant supplemental course materials are available that provide examples of how instructors use the Mental Measurements Yearbook to teach students in various disciplines and levels of study.
Guides for Using Buros Publications:
MMY, TIP, & PPE
- How to Use the Mental Measurements Yearbook
- How to Use Tests In Print
- How to Use Pruebas Publicadas en Español (English)
- Cómo Utilizar Pruebas Publicadas en Español (Español)
- User’s Guides to MMY, TIP, and PPE
- MMY Tutorial: How to Access Tests Using the EBSCO Digital Database [PDF]
- Using a Mental Measurements Yearbook Review to Evaluate a Test
- Using a Mental Measurements Yearbook Review and Other Materials to Evaluate a Test
Locating and Identifying an Assessment
- FAQ: Finding Information About Psychological Tests (APA Science Directorate)
- Searchable Databases or Listings (Comprehensive)
Searchable Databases or Listings (Specialized)
Academic and Behavioral Screening, Intervention, and Progress Monitoring Tools Charts (National Center for Intensive Intervention)
Measures for blind or visually impaired individuals- Louis Database of Accessible Materials (American Printing House for the Blind)
About the Louis Database - What is in Your Assessment Toolbox? The Latest and Greatest Assessment Tools for Functional Vision Assessment/Learning Media Assessment (FVA/LMA), Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC), Psychoeducational, and Speech and Language Evaluations (California School for the Blind)
- Psychoeducational Tests That Can be Used with a Student Who is Blind or Visually Impaired (California School for the Blind)
- Speech and Language Assessment Considerations for Children with Visual Impairment (California School for the Blind)
STEM Research Instruments (CADRE)
- Louis Database of Accessible Materials (American Printing House for the Blind)
Archival Buros Publications on Measurement and Testing
The following volumes originated from a series of meetings hosted by Buros from 1983-2000. Each volume focused on a measurement topic within the assessment field with individual chapters authored by noted professionals in that area at that time. Complete volumes and individual chapters are available digitally in University of Nebraska-Lincoln DigitalCommons.
Click here to access the entire series, or click individual titles below to access a specific volume.
- Issues in the Measurement of Metacognition (2000)
- Multicultural Assessment in Counseling and Clinical Psychology (1996)
- Licensure Testing: Purposes, Procedures, and Practices (1995)
- Family Assessment (1995)
- Teacher Training in Measurement and Assessment Skills (1993)
- Curriculum-Based Measurement (1993)
- Assessment of Teaching: Purposes, Practices, and Implications for the Profession (1990)
- The Influence of Cognitive Psychology on Testing (1987)
- Computers & the Decision-Making Process (1986)
- Social and Technical Issues in Testing: Implications for Test Construction and Usage (1984)
- The Future of Testing (1983)