Customers who place a standing order for the Tests in Print series or the Mental Measurements Yearbook series will receive a 10% discount on every volume. To place your standing order, please call 1-800-848-6224 (in the U.S.) or 919-966-7449 (outside the U.S.). The most widely acclaimed reference series in education and psychology, the Mental Measurements Yearbooks are designed to assist professionals in selecting and using standardized tests. The series, initiated in 1938, provides factual information, critical reviews, and comprehensive bibliographic references on the construction, use, and validity of all tests published in English. The objectives of the Mental Measurements Yearbooks have remained essentially the same since the publication of the series. These objectives include provision to test users of: factual information on all known tests published as separates in the English-speaking countries of the world candidly critical test reviews written for the MMY series by qualified professional people representing a variety of viewpoints unique publication of each volume in the MMY series with new volumes supplementing rather than supplanting previous series volumes. Each yearbook is a unique publication, supplementing rather than supplanting the previous volumes.

Customers who place a standing order for the Tests in Print series or the Mental Measurements Yearbook series will receive a 10% discount on every volume. To place your standing order, please call 800-755-1105 (in the U.S.) or 402-472-3584 (outside the U.S.). The "Supplement to the Tenth Mental Measurements Yearbook "contains original reviews of tests published or revised since the1989 edition of the "Tenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. "The "Supplement" provides timely access to reviews of recently available tests. It also includes a helpful indexing system that integrates referencing across Buros Institute publications. Indexes of titles, classified subjects, names, and scores, as well as a publisher's directory and index, are included. The "Yearbook" includes detailed descriptive information and reviews for each test and extensive references on specific tests. The tests are listed in alphabetical order for easy reference. The biennial publication schedule for "Yearbooks "and "Supplements" began in 1988 with the "Supplement to the Ninth Mental Measurements Yearbook. "The publication of the "Supplement to the Tenth Mental Measurements Yearbook" continues this publication schedule which facilitates timely access to text evaluation information and better meets the needs of test consumers. The "Mental Measurements Yearbooks "are widely regarded as an essential reference for users and developers of tests. Each "Yearbook" contains reviews of commercially available tests published or revised since the previous "Yearbook." "The Buros Institute of Mental Measurements, founded in 1938 by the late Oscar Krisen Buros, is located in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Nebraska."

This volume is designed as a bridge between the publication of the Tenth Mental Measurements Yearbook in 1989 and the forthcoming publication of the Eleventh Measurements Yearbook (projected in 1991). This yearly publication schedule has been implemented to allow test users rapid access to reviews of commercially available tests in psychology and education.

Customers who place a standing order for the Tests in Print series or the Mental Measurements Yearbook series will receive a 10% discount on every volume. To place your standing order, please call 1-800-848-6224 (in the U.S.) or 919-966-7449 (outside the U.S.). The Mental Measurements Yearbooks are widely regarded as essential references for users and developers of tests. Each yearbook contains reviews of commercially available tests published or revised since the previous edition. A biennial publication schedule for yearbooks and supplements was introduced in 1988 to facilitate access to test evaluation information and better meet the needs of test consumers. The Supplement to the Twelfth Mental Measurements Yearbook contains original reviews of tests published or revised since the 1995 edition of the Mental Measurements Yearbook. Tests are listed in alphabetical order for easy reference. Indexes of titles, classified subjects, names, acronmys, and scores, as well as an index and a directory of publishers, are included. A helpful indexing system integrating references across Buros Institute publications is also provided.

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