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, school administrators, education specialists, leaders and education professionals possible. Deans of Schools of Education want their admissions programs to use Insight Assessment test instruments to identify the candidates with the strongest reasoning skills and the desire to apply those skills. Faculty use results to quickly and easily document the critical thinking of prospective or current undergraduate and graduate students.

The data gathered with these tools are used for admissions purposes, educational research, accreditation, learning outcomes assessment and program evaluation.  Reports are being used to assess incoming cohorts, guide curriculum development and document exiting students' achievement of critical thinking learning outcomes.

Principals and hiring officers in schools and school districts want teachers and other education professionals with strong critical thinking and problem solving skills. They know this translates into a better education for the students. Teachers need strong critical thinking skills if they are to demonstrate and teach skills to their students. Teachers need positive critical thinking habits of mind if they are to model and nurture those attributes in their students. School districts throughout the country are now using the same tests now in use by education sector employers, search firms, recruiters and consultants to hire tomorrow's teachers and educational leaders.

Our cost-effective tests of critical thinking skills rely on case-based scenarios to provide objective, valid and reliable standardized measures of these essential problem solving and decision making skills. Insight Assessment testing tools can be normed to comparable undergraduate or graduate programs.  Assessment solutions are available through on-line testing or paper-and-pencil testing. If you would like to discuss your testing needs or to learn more about our products, please use the Contact Us Form below.