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The California Academic Press was founded in 1986 and registered a Limited Liability Company in the State of California in 2000. The California Academic Press LLC does business as "Insight Assessment".  The only official website for Insight Assessment / The California Academic Press LLC is http://www.insightassessment.com.<...

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Critical Thinking Overview

"Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Counts"

This popular and often quoted essay about the meaning and importance of critical thinking was written by Dr. Peter Facione for students and the general public. It invites readers to...

Safeguarding Instrument Security

Our instruments are used by clients around the world, and in some cases for high stakes testing purposes. Insight Assessment, like other major testing companies, does all that it can...

Safeguarding Test, Scale Structures & Item Responses

Our instruments are used by clients around the world, and in some cases for high stakes testing purposes. Insight Assessment, like other major testing companies, does all that it can...

California Critical Thinking Skills Test Family

The California Critical Thinking Skills Test Family is a set of critical thinking skills tests based on the Delphi Expert Consensus Definition of Critical Thinking.  Research ha...

The International Measurement of Critical Thinking

Insight Assessment is committed to the global advancement of critical thinking. Our pioneering work in the field of critical thinking skills and dispositions forms the intellectual a...

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How Clients Use Our Products

Assessing Evaluation Skills

Evaluation skills can be applied to form judgments about the quality of inferences, analyses, interpretations, options, opinions, beliefs, ideas, proposals and justifications. 

Why Measure Critical Thinking Skills?

Weak critical thinking skills show themselves in many ways: critical and costly errors, repeated mistakes, bad decisions, failed systems, inaction when action is needed, the giving o...

Law Schools Measure Critical Thinking

Educational excellence starts with enrolling the best possible new group of students and educating them to become the best possible JD, LLM, LSM, joint MS and SJD graduates, professi...

Critical Thinking for K-12 Education

Training for critical thinking has become an increasing focus of K-12 education. Excellence starts with enrolling the best students and educating them to become the best teachers, sc...

Accreditation Self Studies Document CT Gains

The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities – NWCCU-- publishes accreditation standards that encourage its member institutions to think critically about how their faculty a...

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Frequently Asked Questions

Should I worry about Insight Assessment data collection standards?

Insight Assessment does not condone or participate in any measurement or analysis that violates EEOC  standards or is used for discriminatory practices.

Can Insight Assessment help me assess how to improve my programs?

Yes, in several ways.  Use our testing tools to establish base line measures, to capture pretest post-test gains, and to benchmark against national norms.  Use the learning...

How much time does it take to complete the critical thinking disposition test?

The CCTDI can be completed in about 15 minutes.  Our online testing system allows 20 minutes for the CCTDI in timed mode.

How can we receive our individual test taker results?

These can be sent to your email address as soon as the test is completed, allowing you to make timely decisions about applicants or placement. They can also be retrieved at your conv...

Do I need to use different forms of the CCTST to do a pretest and posttest?

No. It is not necessary to use different forms of the CCTST to pretest and posttest. Valid pretest/posttest designs can be implemented using just one of the forms. If you are not sur...

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