ERIC discontinued the test locator a couple of years ago I think.
(Actually found one reference to it not longer being available as of
Sept 2003, but not sure if that is accurate.) It looks like someone
new has come along and purchased the domain name (probably around
2006) and set the site up to look like it still serves the same
function as it did when ERIC actually ran it. They have "masked"
their info on the domain name registration so you can't see who
really owns/operates it at this point.
Although not ideal necessarily, there is an option on the advanced
search page for ERIC located at:
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=advanced
which will allow you to select "tests/questionnaires" as Publication
Type. I think it still brings in a fair amount of things that are not
specific instruments, but it could still be somewhat useful.
Hope this helps
- marc
At 01:47 PM 11/2/2007, you wrote:
Today I was helping a colleague locate a test. I went to the
APA test finder page
at
<http://www.apa.org/science/faq-findtests.html>http://www.apa.org/science/faq-findtests.html
. From there I used the link to the ERIC test
locater, <http://ericae.net/>http://ericae.net/ . Symantec
Anti-Virus warned me this site was downloading a Trojan to my
computer -- Trojan.Exploit.131. I bypassed that page and went
directly to the location of the ERIC test finder,
<http://ericae.net/testcol.htm>http://ericae.net/testcol.htm ,
where I found that every search results in the same outcome, a
listing of links that are totally unrelated to the search
target. The site does say "Under New Ownership." Maybe that tells
the whole story. We probably sold it to the Chinese.
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