Assessment: How do we assess critical thinking?

See the unpublished and periodically updated item, An Annotated List of Critical Thinking Tests, for a listing of existing available critical thinking tests.

To see, and download The Ennis-Weir Critical Thinking Essay Test, click here. For supplementary information and updating of the Ennis-Weir manual, click here.

To see, and download the Cornell deduction tests, click here.

Publications:

Ennis, R. H. (in press) Investigating and assessing multiple-choice critical thinking tests. Jan Sobocan and Leo Groarke (Eds.), Critical Thinking, Education and Assessment. London, Ontario: Althouse Press.

Ennis, R. H. (2003). Critical thinking assessment. In Fasko, Dan (Ed.), Critical thinking and reasoning: Current theories, research, and practice. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton.

Ennis, R. H. (1996). Critical thinking dispositions: Their nature and assessability. Informal Logic, 18, 2 & 3, 165-182 .

Ennis, R. H. (1993).  Critical thinking assessment.  Theory into Practice, 32 (3), 179-186.

Ennis, R. H. (1992).  Assessing higher order thinking for accountability.  In J. W. Keefe & H. J. Walberg (Eds.), Teaching for Thinking.  Reston, VA: National Association of Secondary School Principals.  Pp. 73-91.

Ennis, R.H.  (1985).  A logical basis for measuring critical thinking skills.  Educational Leadership, 43 (2), 44-48.

Ennis, R.H.  (1984).  Problems in testing informal logic, critical thinking, reasoning ability.  Informal Logic , 6, 3-9.

Ennis, R.H.  (1958).  An appraisal of the Watson-Glaser critical thinking appraisal.  Journal of Educational Research, 52, 155-158.

Ennis, R.H. and Millman, J.  (1985).  Cornell critical thinking test, level X.  Pacific Grove, CA:  Midwest Publications.

Ennis, R.H. and Millman, J.  (1985).  Cornell critical thinking test, level Z.  Pacific Grove, CA:  Midwest Publications.

Ennis, R.H. & Norris, S.P. (1990). Critical thinking assessment: Status, issues, needs."  In Sue M. Legg and James Algina (Eds.), Cognitive assessment of language and math outcomes.  Norwood, NJ: Ablex.  Pp. 1-42.

Ennis, R.H. and Weir, E.  (1985).  The Ennis-Weir critical thinking essay test.  Pacific Grove, CA:  Midwest Publications.

Norris, S. P. and Ennis, R. H.  (1989).  Evaluating critical thinking.  Pacific Grove, CA:  Midwest Publications.

Tomko, T.N. and Ennis, R.H.  (1980).  Evaluation of informal logic competence.  In J. A. Blair & R. Johnson (Eds.), Informal logic:  The first international symposium.  Inverness, CA:  Edgepress.  Pp. 113-144.
 

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