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Can we use the results from your tests in our accreditation or performance funding process?

At the college, community college, professional school level regional and national accrediting agencies recognize the data gathered with our testing tools for purposes of educational outcomes assessment and accreditation. States with performance funding mandates, e.g. Tennessee, have approved certain of our tools for use in their funding processes.

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Health Science Reasoning Test (HSRT)

The HSRT is a test of critical thinking specifically designed for health sciences and health care professional preparation programs. Items require no health science knowledge but are...

California Measure of Mental Motivation (CM3)

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...

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...

Business Critical Thinking Skills Test (BCTST)

The Business Critical Thinking Skills Test (BCTST) is designed to evaluate the critical thinking skills of MBA students, undergraduate Business students and working professionals. It...

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...

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Uses

Quality Improvement Results in State Funding

 Many Southeastern schools use critical thinking testing CCTST for accreditation and receive state funding by maintaining a QEP that shows year over year improvement in their CC...

Acquiring Performance Funding

The QEP programs of many universities use the critical thinking test CCTST to test incoming freshmen and exiting seniors to document gains for performance funding.

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...

Compare Student Results to National Performance Norms

Universities in the southeast use the critical thinking test CCTST to demonstrate their students’ attainment of critical thinking skills as a designated learning outcome in compariso...

Grant Funded CT Initiative for Nurses

Hospitals are seeking funding to improve patient outcomes. An example is the Alemeda County Medical Center initiative to reduce severe sepsis mortality rates, funded by the Gordon an...

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Frequently Asked Questions

My state is asking for metrics as part of the funding criteria. Can you help?

Yes. Tests like the CCTST have been approved for performance funding purposes.  The CCTST is an objective measure of core critical thinking skills.   By benchmarking a...

I have an accreditation process coming up, can your tools help my school look good?

Yes, we support institutions like yours with objective measures of critical thinking which will accurately asssess the reasoning skills and thinking habits of mind of your students....

How can I provide my IRB with a view of the test I'm using?

There is a special process to help you with this IRB request. Tests may not be scanned, nor may they be transmitted electronically by any party. If you would prefer to have your IRB...

How can you help me with my accreditation self study?

We have many customers who use one or more of our instruments to demonstrate achievement of students' learning outcomes to their accrediting bodies. Our basic scoring package provide...

How do we create a SACS QEP competency for critical thinking?

Here are some suggestions from the Insight Assessment researchers for addressing SACS Comprehensive Standard 3.5.1, College-Level General Education Competencies. Plann...

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