A Serious Flaw in the Collegiate Learning Assessment [CLA] Test

Authors

  • Kevin Possin Winona State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v33i3.3774

Keywords:

Collegiate Learning Assessment Test, CLA, critical-thinking assessment, critical-thinking skills, reliability, rhetoric, validity

Abstract

The Collegiate Learning Assessment Test (CLA) has become popular and highly recommended, praised for its reliability and validity. I argue that while the CLA may be a commendable test for measuring critical-thinking, problem-solving, and logical-reasoning skills, those who are scoring students’ answers to the test’s questions are rendering the CLA invalid.

Author Biography

Kevin Possin, Winona State University

Kevin Possin received his PhD. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is Professor Emeritus in the Philosophy Department of Winona State University. Among his publications are Critical Thinking, Self-Defense: A Student Guide to Writing Position Papers, and “A Field Guide to Critical Thinking Assessment Tests.”

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Published

2013-09-12

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 3 (2013)

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