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- The International Measurement of Critical Thinking
- Health Sciences
- Critical Thinking in Health Care and the Health Sciences
- Schools of Dentistry Require CT Measurements
- Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning
- Schools of Nursing Require Excellence in CT
- Pharmacy Schools Assess CT
- American Dental Association Survey Highlights Critical Thinking
- Medical Centers Design Cost Effective Programs
- Schools of Allied Health
- Colleges and Universities
- Measuring CT at Colleges and Universities
- Critical Thinking in Community and Technical Colleges
- Schools of Business
- General Studies Programs
- Honors Programs
- Work Force Development Programs
- Schools of Social Work and Public Health
- Colleges of Arts & Sciences and Humanities
- Schools of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Schools of Fine and Performing Arts
- Extension, Adult Education & Evening Division Schools
- Physical Education, Health & Human Performance
- Online, Hybrid and Distance Education Programs
- STEM programs
- Evaluate Effectiveness of Freshman Seminars
- CT in Student Affairs Programs
- K-12 Education
- Critical Thinking in K-12 Schools, Districts and Organizations
- Critical Thinking for K-12 Education
- Benefits of Measuring High School Student CT
- High Schools Measure Student CT Gains
- High School Students Use CT Every Day
- Data Collection
- CT: A Measurable Outcome for SACS QEPs
- Accreditation Self Studies Document CT Gains
- Why is Fall Testing Important?
- Why Test Critical Thinking in the Spring?
- Business, Law & Military
- Critical Thinking in Business
- Law Schools Measure Critical Thinking
- Human Resources Departments Measure CT
- Business Schools Align with Business
- LSRP: Diagnostic Tool for Law School Readiness
- Critical Thinking for Military and Defense Clients
- Legal Services and Government Agencies
- Education Uses of Critical Thinking Skills Tests
- Nurses Transition to the Military
- Corporate Placement Agency Excels
- Quality Improvement Results in State Funding
- Higher Admission Standards for Pharmacy School
- Law Practice Screens for Thinking Skills, Worldwide
- Developing Minds in Grade Schools
- Developing Better Soldiers
- Testing Skills and Disposition of the Student Body
- Determining Students' Willingness to Think
- Improving Entry Level Hiring
- Measuring Quality Improvement in Community Colleges
- Doctoral Research
- Measure Effectiveness of Freshman Introductory Classes
- Document Process Improvement Grant Success
- Staff and Faculty Training
- Assessing Skills of Nurse Candidates
- Better Temporary and Seasonal Staffing Strategy
- Acquiring Performance Funding
- Measuring and Reporting Program Improvement
- Curriculum Improvement
- Measuring Quantitative Reasoning Skills in High School
- Critical Thinking in Psychology
- Employment Prescreening for Legal Candidates
- Prescreening Business Candidates
- Assessing English as Second Language Candidates
- Military Advancement
- Certifying Health Science Training Programs
- Identifying Need for Academic Tutoring
- Cultural Competence and Violence Prevention
- Teaching Tolerance
- Improving Professional Family Counseling
- Better Hiring Decisions
- Preparation for Licensure and Certification
- Online Business and Technology Programs
- Reporting Progress in Accreditation Learning Outcomes
- Business School Admissions
- Thinking vs. Linguistics Comparative Testing
- Teen Suicide Research
- Measuring Teachers' Critical Thinking
- Hospital Staffing
- Improving Diagnostic Reasoning and Care Delivery
- Evaluating Secondary School Administrators
- Researching Mind Mental Map Pedagogies
- Assessing Health Risk Behaviors.
- Assessing College Readiness
- Course Selection
- Achieving Professional Licensure
- Improving Middle School Learning
- Building Citizenship
- Field Operative Success and Safety
- Global Collaborative Research
- Multi-lingual Testing
- Effective Diagnostic Reasoning
- Researching Problem Based Learning
- Making Great Hiring Decisions
- Measuring Changes in Cognition
- Making the Tough Decision
- Measuring Critical Thinking in South America
- Montessori Schools measure CT
- Relating Critical Thinking, Linguistic Skills & Cultural Competency
- Identify Employees With Strong Problem Solving Skills
- Making Promotion Decisions
- Measuring Personality Attributes
- Staff Training
- Analyze and Evaluate Claims
- Choosing the Best Future Executives
- Improve Their Interpretive Skills
- Preparing Students for the American Bar Exam
- Improving Diversity Training
- Identify the Optimal New Law Associate
- Best Nursing Graduates Assessed
- Demonstrate Excellence in Diagnostic Reasoning
- Honor Student Assessment
- Program Placement and Design
- Compare Student Results to National Performance Norms
- Satisfy State Agency Review
- Campus Wide Learning Outcomes
- Measure the Effectiveness of Teaching Techniques
- Assess Educational Readiness
- Develop Youth Educational Programs
- Physical Therapy Program Design
- Data for Search Firms and Executive Development Clients
- Hospital Staff Development Programs
- Measure Analytical and Interpretive Skills
- Analytical and Interpretion Skills Assessment
- Measure Inference Skills
- Measurement of Evaluation and Explanation Skills
- Assessing Evaluation Skills
- Assessing Truthseeking
- Evaluating Open-mindedness
- Measure Systematicity
- Tendency To Be Mistrustful of Reason
- Measure Intellectual Curiosity
- Cognitive Maturity
- Identify Bias in Decision Making
- Meet Needs for Creativity and Teamwork
- Measuring Dependability
- Creating a staff development program
- Measuring Desire to Work
- Measuring Honesty
- Measuring Flexibility
- Measuring Tolerance
- Measuring Professionalism
- Measuring Thinking Style
- Measuring Willingness to Learn
- Tendency to be Mistrustful of Reason
- Teachers Assess the Critical Thinking Skills of their Class
- Training Hospital Employees
- CT & Problem-based Learning
- STEM students Apply CT
- Problem Solving and Technology in STEM Class
- Using CT to Solve Resource Management Issues
- K-12 Workshop Uses CT to Understand Environment
- ABA advice: Learn Critical Thinking
- Critical Thinking in Legal Profession
- CT: Prerequisite for Clinical Problem-solving
- CT is International Social Work Competency
- Promoting CT in Fine Arts Education in Texas
- Missouri Freshmen Learn CT By Studying Art
- AAMA: CT Linchpin of Patient Centered Care
- AOTA: CT Essential for Occupational Therapists
- Critical Thinking is a College Survival Skill
- Students Learn CT Applies Across Disciplines
- Preparing Education Students to Teach CT Skills
- Critical Thinking Improves Success in Business
- Critical Thinking in General Studies Programs
- Gains in Critical Thinking in Honors Student Class
- Importance of CT in Physical Education
- Training CT Skills in Physical Education Classes
- AACN: CT is Essential for Baccalaureate Nursing
- UK College: High Achievers Need CT
- HSRT Shows Effect of Simulation on Nursing CT Scores
- Nurses Expect Ongoing CT Training
- Schools of Pharmacy Education Assess CT Outcomes
- Grant Funded CT Initiative for Nurses
- IA Data Aids Medical Hiring & Staff Development
- Health Center Studies Multiple Satellites & Specialties
- CT as WASC competency
- Super Bowl: May the Best Thinkers Win
Admission Standards
- Can your products be used in college prep applications?
- Can your tools help us evaluate candidates from other countries?
- Low admission standards hurt our scholastic standing. Can your products assist in reversing this trend?
- Which Student Affairs programs can advance students' critical thinking skills and habits of mind?
- Why is critical thinking a learning outcome of Student Affairs co-curricular programming?
- Why should we teach critical thinking in our Freshman Seminar / First Year Program?
General Critical Thinking
- Why measure critical thinking?
- How can I learn more about critical thinking skills and dispositions?
- How do I improve critical thinking skills?
- How do I test critical thinking?
- What is Critical Thinking?
- What are Critical Thinking Skills?
- What's the difference between a skill and a disposition?
- How are your products different from others like Wonderlic?
- How do your tools compare to Watson Glaser tests?
- How does a rubric like the Holistic Thinking Scoring Rubric work?
- How is the test structured?
- Should I worry about Insight Assessment data collection standards?
- Many studies cite the CCTST. Is there research on the correlation of the HSRT with student success and professional job performance?
- What is a rubric?
- What is validity?
- What is a percentile score?
- What are standardized critical thinking tests?
- What is the reliability of the CCTDI and its scales?
- What do different tools measure?
- What is the reliability of the CCTST/HSRT/BCTST, etc?
- Who are Insight Assessment's customers?
- Why measure critical thinking?
- How are educators teaching critical thinking today?
- Do your products show result in favoritism?
Hiring & Recruiting
- Can the business test help my recruiting firm identify higher quality candidates for my clients?
- Can your tools help us evaluate candidates from other countries?
- How can I improve my hiring process?
- How can I use the LSRP to help graduating students get good jobs?
- How do I get my new Medical Center staff testing program started?
- I hire a large amount of seasonal workers for my business. Will your tests improve the quality of the hire?
- My employees must excel at client service. Can the BAI help me assess client orientation and on the job attributes?
- What is a talent assessment?
National, Regional & Global Comparisons
- Can I use your tests to get an analysis of how my program compares nationally?
- Can the LSRP help me demonstrate the proficiency of my graduating class?
- Can we compare our results to national samples?
- Can we compare our results to regional samples?
- Can we compare our results to similar industry standards samples?
- My grant requires a comparison to national standards. Do your norms offer the potential for that metric?
Pricing & Ordering
- Are pricing discounts available?
- Can I be a reseller?
- Can I control assignments and have my test takers repeat tests?
- Can I make copies of the examination copy supplied in the Specimen Kit?
- Can I pay for tests as I use them, rather than all at once?
- Can I purchase a copy of your test for our library?
- Can I put my own tests or survey online for my workers, students, or research subjects?
- Can I run your tests instruments off my Learning Management System i.e. Blackboard, Moodle?
- Can I use online testing to give my questionnaire or research survey?
- Green industrial practices: Is Insight Assessment a green company?
- How can I convince my employer to use your test instruments?
- How do I get access to my online test takers' scores?
- How do I place an order?
- How long do my online test takers have to wait before they can know their test scores?
- Our company wants to give a survey to our employees, can you handle the printing, scanning, scoring, and analysis of results?
- What is the difference between a Price Quote, Sales Order & Invoice
- What is your pricing structure?
- Which Insight Assessment tests are available online?
Quality Improvement
- Can critical thinking improve our Technical Support?
- Can I integrate your tools in a Loss Prevention Program?
- Can I use your product to support my thesis?
- Can Insight Assessment help me assess how to improve company policy?
- Can Insight Assessment help me assess how to improve my programs?
- Can you help us improve workplace safety?
- Can your products help me improve my programs over time?
- How can I eliminate shrink?
- How can I improve customer service?
- How can I make my company more efficient?
- How can I reduce accidents at work?
- How can I reduce shrink?
- How can I teach critical thinking?
- How can my business reduce employee theft?
- I am interested in developing a faculty workshop to improve critical thinking. Can you help?
- What is a QEP?
State Funding & Accreditation
- Can we use the results from your tests in our accreditation or performance funding process?
- How do we specify goals for a successful QEP?
- I have an accreditation process coming up, can your tools help my school look good?
- How can you help me with my accreditation self study?
- My state is asking for metrics as part of the funding criteria. Can you help?
- How can I provide my IRB with a view of the test I'm using?
- What is IRB?
- Why CT in Freshman Seminars or First Year Programs?
- What support does IA offer for SACS QEPs?
- How do we create a SACS QEP competency for critical thinking?
- Can we use the results from your tests in our accreditation or performance funding process?
Team Building
- Can critical thinking measurement help improve the promotion process in the military?
- Can I use your tests to assemble better project teams?
- How do we convince to our employees that they need to think better?
- I am interested in using testing to form the best team for a critical project. What can I use?
- My business needs to promote the best and brightest. What should we be measuring to increase this quality?
- The leadership of our firm is going to make or break us in the coming years. Can your tools help evaluate senior managers?
- This economy has changed what I need in my boardroom. Do your products work at a senior executive level?
Test CT Attributes & Dispositions
- Can I test my employees for honesty?
- CT Dispositions, Habits of Mind, Attributes?
- Do you have tests for elementary school, junior high, or high school students?
- How can I measure dependability in my employees?
- How do different forms of a test relate to each other?
- How much time does it take to complete the critical thinking disposition test?
- What are critical thinking attributes?
- What are critical thinking dispositions?
- What is the most important score reported on the CCTDI?
- Why would I need two different tests? What is a companion instrument?
Test Results & Reporting
- Are there more than one way we can receive our test results?
- Are there norms for the Health Sciences Reasoning Test HSRT?
- Can I get Board ready results and reports?
- Can you compare my results to other schools in the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools – Middle States Commission on Higher Education ( MSCHE )?
- Can you compare my results to other schools in the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education ( NEASC-CIHE )?
- Can you compare my results to other schools in the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools ( NCA ) - Higher Learning Commission) ( HLC ) ?
- Can you compare my results to other schools in the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) ?
- Can you compare my results to other schools in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (Commission on Colleges) SACS ?
- Can you compare my results to other schools in the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges ) WASC –ACCJC ?
- Can you compare my results to other schools in the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities ) WASC –ACSCU ?
- Do our test takers have to see results?
- Do you have statisticians available on staff?
- How can I compare my previous data set with my new data set?
- How can we receive our individual test taker results?
- How do we receive our group sample results?
- Should I eliminate outliers from my sample before using my scores in other analyses?
- What do I get with a premium reporting package?
- What is a truncated mean (trimmed mean)?
- What is CapScore™?
- What is included in basic reporting?
- What is premium reporting?
- What is the turn-around time for receiving scores from a paper-and-pencil test?
- What test score reports do I receive?
- What’s the difference between aggregate and matched-pairs comparisons?
- Where do I send my response forms for my paper and pencil tests?
- Which test items are on which scale?
- Will I be able to compare my results to others in my conference?
- Will I be able to understand my reported data?
General Test Information
- What authorized translations are available?
- Both tests I am considering contain 30 – 35 questions; how much time should we give test takers to complete the test?
- Can disability accomodations be made for test takers?
- Can I see some example questions?
- Can I test my own or my child's critical thinking?
- Can I test people who don't speak English well?
- Can my Spanish speaking students login to your online system in their native language? What language will their test be in?
- Can you send me some examples of your test?
- Do you have a critical thinking test for business?
- Do you have a critical thinking test for nursing and health sciences?
- Do you have a critical thinking test for the legal profession?
- Do you offer test preparation materials?
- How are software upgrades determined?
- How can I get ready to take a critical thinking test?
- How do I know which Insight Assessment test is best for my needs?
- How do the different forms of the CCTST differ?
- How do the HSRT and CCTST differ?
- How long do the tests take to administer?
- How many times should I test the same person?
- How much time does it take to complete a critical thinking skills test?
- How secure is this testing?
- I am a researcher with a grant, and need an instrument to test skills competency in my sample. Will your tests offer that metric?
- Which is the best test for Community or Technical college students?
- Who maintains the testing system?
Assessment Design
- How can I use pretest-posttest assessment data?
- What is Pre & Post Testing?
- When should pre-test data be gathered?
- When should post-test data be gathered?
- How might students be motivated to give their best effort on a post-test?
- How can I assess test reliability in my own sample of test takers?
- How do I prove our Freshman Seminar or First Year program is effective?
- How are pre-test and post-test data analyzed?
- Do I need to use different forms of the CCTST to do a pretest and posttest?
- Do I need any special software to run the Insight Assessment testing system?
- What is representativeness?
- Can a customer translate a test?
- Can my custom questions be anything I want to ask?
Research: Health Sciences and Critical Thinking
- Educational Success and Licensure Issues
- CT Dispositions, Leadership & Professional Judgment
- Clinical Ratings, Preceptorships & Professional Development
- Evaluating CT in Curriculum Revision
- Teaching Strategies, Problem Based Learning, Concept Mapping
- Health Sciences Research Utilization & CT
- CT Disposition in Health Sciences Students
- Learning Styles and Bilingualism
- Publications by Insight Assessment Senior Researchers
Products
- Tests for College & University Students
- Tests for Business Clients
- Tests for Health Sciences Professionals
- Tests for Children and K-12 School Students
- Tests for Community & Technical College Students
- Tests for Legal & Government Services
- Tests for Military & Defense Clients
- channels
- More IA test instruments
- Critical Thinking Skills Tests
- Critical Thinking Attributes Tests
- Rubrics, Rating Forms and Other Tools
- Books and Reprints
Critical Thinking Skills Tests
- Why Measure Critical Thinking Skills?
- California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST)
- Business Critical Thinking Skills Test (BCTST)
- Business Reasoning Test (BRT)
- Health Science Reasoning Test (HSRT)
- CCTST M Series for Children and Youth
- Test of Everyday Reasoning (TER)
- Military and Defense Critical Thinking Inventory (MDCTI)
- Legal Studies Reasoning Profile (LSRP)
- CCT-G835
Independent Critical Thinking Research
- Research on Educational Success and Licensure Issues
- Research: CT Dispositions, Leadership & Professional Judgment
- Research on Prediction of Clinical Ratings, Preceptorships and Professional Development
- Research on Assessment of Critical Thinking / Evaluating CT in Curriculum Revision
- Research on Teaching Strategies, Problem Based Learning and Concept Mapping
- Research on the Relationship Between Critical Thinking and Research Utilization
- Research on Students' and Practitioners' Critical Thinking Disposition
- Research on Learning Styles and Bilingualism
- pdf file
Services
- IA Reports and Analytic Services
- Business Elite Service Options
- Paper-and-Pencil or Online Testing?
- The International Measurement of Critical Thinking
- Tools to Support Teaching and Learning
- Authorized Translations
- Insight Assessment Support of Research
- Insight Assessment Consulting Services
Critical Thinking Attributes Tests
- Why Measure Critical Thinking Attributes?
- Business Attribute Inventory (BAI)
- California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI)
- California Measure of Mental Motivation (CM3)
How to Purchase
- New Clients Start Here
- Pricing for Tests and Test Scoring
- Price Quotes and Ordering Details
- Online Price Quote Request
- Channels
- FAX Price Quote Request Form
- FAX Order Form PDF
- Purchaser Qualifications
- Doctoral Dissertation Research Pricing
Rubrics, Rating Forms and Other Tools
- Quant Q: Measure Quantitative Reasoning Integrated with Critical Thinking
- Holistic Critical Thinking Scoring Rubric (HCTSR)
- Professional Judgement Rating Form - Novice and Internship (PJRF)
- USAF Performance Assessment Rubric
- Teaching for Thinking: Course Evaluation Forms
Data Security, Confidentiality and Legal Notices
- Safeguarding Instrument Security
- Data Security and Privacy Policies & Procedures
- Copyrights and Legal Notices
- Safeguarding Test, Scale Structures & Item Responses
Uses
- Client Solutions
- channels
- Why Measure Critical Thinking Attributes?
- Why Measure Critical Thinking Skills?
- Measure What Matters: Critical Thinking
- Risks Associated with Weak Critical Thinkers
Books and Reprints
- CT & Clinical Reasoning in the Health Sciences
- THINKING AND REASONING IN HUMAN DECISION MAKING
- ETHICS AND SOCIETY
- LOGIC AND LOGICAL THINKING
- CT ASSESSMENT IN NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
- WE NEVER AIMED FOR BLIGHT
- OUR GREENER WAYS
FAQ
- Admission Standards
- Assessment Design
- channels
- General Critical Thinking
- General Test Information
- Hiring & Recruiting
- National, Regional & Global Comparisons
- Pricing & Ordering
- Quality Improvement
- State Funding & Accreditation
- Team Building
- Test CT Attributes & Dispositions
- Test Results & Reporting
CT Resources
- "Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Counts"
- Expert Consensus on Critical Thinking
- Sample Critical Thinking Skills Questions
- Sample Critical Thinking Disposition Items
- Teaching For and About Critical Thinking
- Research: Health Sciences and Critical Thinking
- Independent Critical Thinking Research
- Insight Assessment Research on Critical Thinking
- Publications by Insight Assessment Senior Researchers
- Research on Tool Validation and Assessment Design
- "Talking Critical Thinking" PDF
- Characteristics of Strong Critical Thinkers
- Facione: Essays On Liberal Learning and Institutional Budgeting
- Core Reasoning Skills and Attributes Measured by IA Tools
About Us
- Measuring Critical Thinking Worldwide
- Why We Do What We Do
- About Insight Assessment
- Test Taker Login Instructions
- Online Client Administrator Instructions
- California Critical Thinking Skills Test Family
- Ethical Use and Interpretations of Test Results
- Data Security, Confidentiality and Legal Notices
- What Do People Say About Our Work?
- Prospective Author Submissions
- Translation Proposals
- History of Insight Assessment
- California Academic Press
Core Reasoning Skills and Attributes Measured by IA Tools
- Measurements of Critical Thinking Skills
- Analysis and Interpretation Scale
- Analysis Scale
- Deductive Reasoning-Precisely Defined Contexts Scale
- Delphi Study Scales
- Evaluation and Explanation Scale
- Evaluation Scale
- Explanation Scale
- Inductive Reasoning- Contexts of Uncertainty Scale
- Inference Scale
- Interpretation Scale
- Numeracy Scale
- Total Score Scale
- Traditional Scales: Inductive & Deductive Reasoning
- Measurements of Critical Thinking Attributes
- Analyticity Scale
- Analyticity-Foresight Scale
- Analyticity Scale (LSRP)
- CCTDI Total Score Scale
- Cognitive Integrity Scale
- Cognitive Maturity on the MDCTI
- Cognitive Maturity Scale on the LSRP
- Commitment Scale
- Communicative Confidence Scale (MDCTI)
- Communicative Confidence Scale (LSRP)
- Creative Problem Solving Scale
- Critical Thinking Self-Confidence Scale
- Dependability Scale
- Desire to Work Scale
- Flexibility Scale
- Honesty Scale
- Inquisitiveness Scale
- Intellectual Integrity MDCTI Scale
- Intellectual Integrity Scale on the LSRP
- Interaction Style #1 on the LSRP: Competition
- MDCTI: Interaction Style #1: Competition - Collaboration Scale
- Interaction Style #2: Expression - Observation Scale
- Interaction Style #3: Stance - Directness Scale
- Learning Orientation Scale
- Legal Studies Confidence Scale on the LSRP
- Maturity of Judgment Scale
- Mental Focus / Self-Regulation Scale
- MDCTI Mental Focus Scale
- Mental Focus Scale on the LSRP
- Mental Rigor Scale
- Open-mindedness Scale
- Professional Confidence Scale
- Professionalism Scale
- Scholarly Rigor Scale
- Scholarly Rigor Scale on the LSRP
- Systematicity Scale
- Thinking Style Scale
- Tolerance Scale
- Truthseeking Scale
- Willingness to Learn Scale
