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Why measure critical thinking?

Because critical thinking may just be the most important and widely espoused college level student learning outcome. "Education is nothing more nor less than learning to think!" declared Dr. Peter Facione, author of numerous educational reports, policy studies, textbooks, and our widely acclaimed critical thinking measures.

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California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI)

The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory is the premier tool for surveying the dispositional aspects of critical thinking. The CCTDI measures the "willing" di...

California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST)

The CCTST has been called the "gold standard" of college level critical thinking tests. The CCTST has been used in the USA and in authorized translations worldwide with gra...

Test of Everyday Reasoning (TER)

The Test of Everyday Reasoning (TER) is a test of critical thinking skills calibrated for test takers in high school or the first two years of post-secondary education, and for adult...

Quant Q: Measure Quantitative Reasoning

The Quant Q measures quantitative reasoning integrated with critical thinking. It is used in all  employment contexts and levels at which the demonstrable capacity to apply quan...

Business Attribute Inventory (BAI)

The Business Attribute Inventory measures the desire and intention to use one's critical thinking skills to identify, interpret and resolve workplace problems and issues.  

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Uses

Evaluate Effectiveness of Freshman Seminars

Freshman Seminar and First Year Success Directors are adopting programs using Insight Assessment critical thinking measurement tools to pretest and posttest their students' critical...

Benefits of Measuring High School Student CT

Why should high schools assess critical thinking as a learning outcome? …. because critical thinking is more important to human survival than reading, writing or mathematics. Critica...

Honors Programs

Critical thinking is one of the vital cross-disciplinary learning outcome around which high quality Honors Programs are organized. Regardless of the theme of the program, teaching fo...

Why Test Critical Thinking in the Spring?

Strong critical thinking skills and positive critical thinking habits of mind are vital to success in every academic discipline and major field of study. Critical thinking may just b...

High Schools Measure Student CT Gains

It’s never been more important for schools and educational programs to demonstrate the quality of their educational programs. In the last decade critical thinking has become a core c...

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why would I need two different tests? What is a companion instrument?

Insight Assessment critical thinking tests are used world wide to assess critical thinking skills (cognitive strategies usually measured as critical thinking ability) and critical th...

What are Critical Thinking Skills?

Core critical thinking skills include analysis, interpretation, inference, evaluation, explanation, and self-reflection.  These skills are central to problem solving and decisio...

What is Critical Thinking?

Critical thinking is reasoned and reflective judgment applied to solving problems or making decisions about what to believe or what to do.  Critical thinking gives reasoned cons...

Why measure critical thinking?

Human reasoning and problem solving are highly complex processes, but not impossible to analyze, measure and improve. A measure of critical thinking that describes an individual's co...

What do different tools measure?

Critical thinking is our target. Critical thinking involves being both willing and able to engage problems in a reflective and thoughtful way. Our tools address both dimensions of cr...

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