The first decision is whether you want to test for strength in thinking skills or measure the dispositions and mindset attributes associated with great critical thinkers. The choice of the instrument will depend on the age and educational level of the intended test takers.
For educational institutions:
- To assess thinking skills
- 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 EDUCATE INSIGHT Reasoning Skills assessments.
- Professional schools use specialized assessments calibrated for students in Business, Law, the Health Sciences, and the Military programs.
- 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 EDUCATE INSIGHT Thinking Mindset series 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
- Part 2 of the legal and the military tests are designed to measure the mental disciplines required for those fields
For professional and business uses:
- Our INSIGHT suite includes measures of both thinking skills and mindsets calibrated for varying levels of responsibility and accountability. The INSIGHT suite include test instruments calibrated for employees in the business, health, science and engineering, first responder, defense, science and engineering and law/government sectors.
For a full guide to Insight Assessment test products, see our Product Selection page.
Contact us. Our testing specialists and research staff will help you identify the optimal test for your test takers.