Mental Measurements Yearbook

{{Short description|Reference book series of educational tests}}

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The Mental Measurements Yearbook (MMY) is a reference book series containing information and critical appraisals of English-language educational and psychological tests. The book's purpose is to provide a forum for the review of new tests and to allow consumers to identify the most appropriate test for their needs.{{cite book |last1=Reynolds |first1=Cecil |last2=Vannest |first2=Kimberley |last3=Fletcher-Janzen |first3=Elaine |date=January 28, 2014 |title=Encyclopedia of Special Education (Volume1) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wdNpBchvdvQC&pg=PA342 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |page=342 |isbn=978-0-4709-4938-2 |access-date=10 September 2014 }} The first edition, edited by Oscar Krisen Buros, was published in 1938 by the Rutgers University Press in New Brunswick, NJ, USA.{{Cite book|editor-last=Buros|editor-first=O.K. |title=The Nineteen Thirty Eight Mental Measurements Yearbook|publisher=Rutgers University Press|year=1938|location=New Brunswick, NJ}} Despite the book's title, and the original desire to publish it annually, new editions of the book are generally published every three years.{{cite book |last1=Weiner |first1=Irving |last2=Craighead |first2=W |date=19 January 2010 |title=The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology (Volume 1) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=be0VYic5iWwC&pg=PA266 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |page=266 |isbn=978-0-4701-7025-0 |access-date=10 September 2010 }} In 2021, the 21st edition of the book was published by the Buros Center for Testing and is distributed by the University of Nebraska Press.{{Cite book |last=Carlson, J.F., Geisinger, K.F., & Jonson, J.L. (Eds.) |title=The Twenty-First Mental Measurements Yearbook |publisher=Buros Center for Testing |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-910674-68-3 |location=Lincoln, NE}}

In order for a test to be included in the latest edition of the MMY, it needs to be commercially available and to have been developed or substantially revised since the last edition was published.{{Cite journal|last=Carlson, J.F. & Geisinger, K.F.|date=2012|title=Test reviewing at the Buros Center for Testing|journal=International Journal of Testing|volume=12|issue=2|pages=122–135|doi=10.1080/15305058.2012.661003|s2cid=145806036}} The publisher of the test also must provide adequate documentation describing the test's development and supporting the technical properties of the test.{{Cite journal|last=Cizek, G. J., Rosenberg, S.L., & Koons, H. H.|date=2008|title=Sources of validity evidence for educational and psychological tests.|journal=Educational and Psychological Measurement|volume=68|issue=3|pages=397–412|doi=10.1177/0013164407310130|s2cid=144155184}} Each test published in the MMY is reviewed by at least one qualified doctoral-level professional. Most tests are reviewed by two reviewers. Reviews contain a description of the test, technical information, as well as information on the test's development and commentary on its strengths and weaknesses.{{cite book |last1=Shum |first1=David |last2=O'Gorman |first2=John |last3=Myors |first3=Brett |date=10 July 2013 |title=Psychological Testing and Assessment |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=26 |isbn=978-0-1955-2041-5 |edition=Second }}

An online database containing information and all reviews of the more than 14,000 tests covered since the first edition is offered via electronic subscription from EBSCO Information Services{{cite web |url=http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/mental-measurements-yearbook |title=Mental Measurements Yearbook |work=EBSCO Information Services |access-date=10 September 2014}} and Ovid Technologies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ovid.com/product-details.120.html|title=Mental Measurements Yearbook|date=1 February 2020|website=Ovid Technologies}}