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Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education | 2016

Assessing critical thinking in higher education: the HEIghten™ approach and preliminary validity evidence

Ou Lydia Liu; Liyang Mao; Lois Frankel; Jun Xu

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 HEIghtenTM critical thinking assessment, to measure students’ critical thinking skills in analytical and synthetic dimensions. This paper introduces the theoretical framework that guided the assessment design, and also reports on the preliminary validity evidence of the pilot data from over 3000 students from 35 two and four-year institutions. The critical thinking scores demonstrated satisfactory total and subscale reliabilities, were reasonably correlated with SAT scores, high school grade point average (GPA), and college GPA, and were able to detect cross-sectional performance difference between freshmen and seniors. In addition, most examinees reported having tried their best when taking the test. Results show that test-taking motivation has a significant impact on performance. We encourage institutions to pay attention to motivational issues in implementing low-stakes learning outcomes assessment such as the HEIghten™ critical thinking assessment.


ETS Research Report Series | 2014

Assessing Critical Thinking in Higher Education: Current State and Directions for Next‐Generation Assessment

Ou Lydia Liu; Lois Frankel; Katrina Crotts Roohr


ETS Research Report Series | 2016

An Evaluation of the Usefulness of Prosodic and Lexical Cues for Understanding Synthesized Speech of Mathematics

Lois Frankel; Beth Brownstein


ETS Research Report Series | 2017

Expanding Audio Access to Mathematics Expressions by Students With Visual Impairments via MathML

Lois Frankel; Beth Brownstein; Neil Soiffer


Archive | 2014

Navigable, Customizable TTS for Algebra

Lois Frankel; Beth Brownstein; Neil Soiffer


ETS Research Report Series | 2016

Development and Initial Evaluation of the ClearSpeak Style for Automated Speaking of Algebra

Lois Frankel; Beth Brownstein; Neil Soiffer; Eric G. Hansen


Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research | 2012

Designing Accessible Technology-Enabled Reading Assessments: Recommendations from Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments

Eric G. Hansen; Cara Cahalan Laitusis; Lois Frankel; Teresa King


ETS Research Report Series | 2017

Expanding Audio Access to Mathematics Expressions by Students with Visual Impairments via MathML. Research Report. ETS RR-17-13.

Lois Frankel; Beth Brownstein; Neil Soiffer


ETS Research Report Series | 2016

An Evaluation of the Usefulness of Prosodic and Lexical Cues for Understanding Synthesized Speech of Mathematics. Research Report. ETS RR-16-33.

Lois Frankel; Beth Brownstein


ETS Research Report Series | 2016

Development and Initial Evaluation of the ClearSpeak Style for Automated Speaking of Algebra. Research Report. ETS RR-16-23.

Lois Frankel; Beth Brownstein; Neil Soiffer; Eric G. Hansen

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Princeton University

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