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How do I know which Insight Assessment test is best for my needs?

The first decision is whether you want to test for strength in thinking skills or measure the habits of mind and dispositions associated with great critical thinkers.

If it's critical thinking skills, the choice of instrument depends on the age and educational level of the test taker.

  • Adults in college or with a college or graduate level education are tested with one of the California Critical Thinking Skills tests. These range from the college level CCTST to the genius level CCT-G835 measure of cognitive ability.
  • High School, community college and adult workers are tested with the Test of Everyday Reasoning (TER);
  • Elementary and Middle School age children are tested with our M-Series Tests. 
  • Special versions of many of these tests are used for professionals in Business, Law, the Health Sciences, and the Military.

Insight Assessment has three tests to assess critical thinking habits of mind--the willingness to use critical thinking skills:

  • High school graduates, adults in college or with a college or graduate level education are tested using the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory
  • The four levels of the California Measure of Mental Motivation (CM3)M3 cover the full spectrum of learners and workers from kindergarten children through college students and adults
  • The Business Attribute Inventory BAI is calibrated for business and workplace related fields and disciplines

For a full guide to Insight Assessment test products. please see Select the Right Insight Assessment Product.

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Products

The CM3  measures an individual's motivation toward problem solving and learning. The four levels of the CM3 cover the full spectrum of learners and workers from kindergarten ch...
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...
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...
The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory is the premier tool for surveying the dispositional aspects of critical thinking. The CCTDI measures the "willing" di...
The M-Series tests have been designed to measure core critical thinking skills in young children and adolescents.  The CCTST-M20 and CCTST-M25 are ideal for use with middle scho...

Uses

Training for critical thinking has become an increasingly important focus of extended education, distance learning, adult and evening division programs. Deans of Extension, Adul...
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Teaching students to think well has always been at the heart of a liberal education in the humanities, arts and sciences. Deans of Arts and Sciences and Deans of Humanities ...
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...
Training for critical thinking has become an increasing focus for online educators.Program quality demands identifying and enrolling the best possible students and then educating the...

Frequently Asked Questions

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