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Assessing Critical Thinking in Higher Education: The HEIghten™ Approach and Preliminary Validity Evidence

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Liu, Ou Lydia; Mao, Liyang; Frankel, Lois; Xu, Jun – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016

Critical thinking is a learning outcome highly valued by higher education institutions and the workforce. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has designed a next generation assessment, the HEIghten™ critical thinking assessment, to measure students' critical thinking skills in analytical and synthetic dimensions. This paper introduces the…

Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Cognitive Tests, Test Validity, Thinking Skills

The High School and Beyond Cognitive Test: Evidence of Criterion-Related Validity.

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Yonker, Robert J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987

Criterion-related validity of the 126-item cognitive test used in the High School and Beyond study was examined. Sophomore and senior year cognitive test results correlated highly with senior year college entrance examinations for all subtests except civics, and moderately well with senior year grades and class rank. (Author/GDC)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Correlation