At program entry the capacity to evaluate the critical thinking skills and dispositions of incoming students, individually and as a group, provides vital data for tailoring student success services to the needs of specific students. In addition to the potential benefits for each student, these data permit the development and the assessment of these programs. And the success of the students in their classes and in their adjustment to the complexities of college life predicts stronger retention, degree completion and transfer rates.

For other educational purposes, such as program evaluation, accreditation or learning outcomes assessment, exit data on students' critical thinking can be expeditiously gathered using our valid, reliable and cost-effective measurement tools. Independent research demonstrates that these data can establish the extent to which students are achieving the essential educational goal of growth in critical thinking.

Insight Assessment offers a robust set of critical thinking instruments designed for Community and Technical College students. All are available for on-line or in paper & pencil administration. We offer the world's leading tools to measure core critical thinking skills and the dispositions to use those skills. These tools are widely used for a number of educational purposes including program admissions, advising, identifying students educational needs and strengths, and predicting the students future success in achieving professional licensure.

Whether using our encrypted on-line testing system or with paper-&-pencil, we provide scoring and presentation ready reporting.

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Recommended Skills Tests		Recommended Attitudinal / Disposition Inventories
The Test of Everyday Reasoning (TER), used widely in USA 2-yr colleges, is a test of critical thinking skills calibrated to provide maximum discrimination in the community college student. Local test scores can be compared to national 2-yr college norms and to norms gathered from working professionals in entry level workplace positions.			Designed specifically for use with adults in the general public and community and technical college students, Level III of the the powerful The California Measure of Mental Motivation (CM3) targets the key attitudinal dimensions of learning: Mental Focus / Self-Regulation, Learning Orientation, Creative Problem Solving, and Cognitive Integrity.
The California Critical Thinking Skills Test CCTST, also widely used in USA 2-yr colleges, provides both 2-yr and 4-yr college norms and norms from a wide array of professional workplace comparison groups. The CCTST is the preferred measure for high achieving students and prospective transfer students.			The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (CCTDI) is an internationally known instrument used to measure attributes associated with excellence in critical thinking. Strong critical thinking disposition is endorsed by many employers as needed in the desired employee across working environments.
The Health Science Reasoning Test (HSRT) is a test of critical thinking designed for professional preparation programs. Items require no health science knowledge but are set in health related contexts. 2-yr norms are available and scores on this instrument predict successful professional licensure and high clinical performance ratings.			Both of the above listed tools, the California Measure of Mental Motivation Level III and the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory are excellent dispositional measures which can be used in conjunction with the the HSRT skills measure.
The Business Reasoning Test (BRT) is a test of critical thinking designed for the business student and professional. Items require no business knowledge but are set in business related contexts. This is one of our new instruments, already being adopted in the USA and internationally.			The Business Attitude Inventory (BAI) is a companion instrument to the BRT. It contains a battery of attitudinal scales that assess critical thinking disposition and the attitudes and values desired in today's business professional.