We’re sorry, the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal® I test Forms A and B were discontinued in 2019. 

Please see the Watson-Glaser – III for the newest version of the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal® I.

The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal® I measures critical thinking ability and decision making in high-potential professionals, new managers, and future leaders.   The WG-II assess things like:

• Measures thinking, reasoning and intelligence
• Predicts judgment, problem solving, creativity, and more
• Classifies individuals as low, average, and high
• Suggests critical-thinking based job behaviors

This test provides the answers you need to make informed decisions.

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See the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal – III for the newest version

Identify High-Potential Performers and Assess Critical Thinking Skills for Sound Decision-Making

The most widely used assessment of critical thinking in business today, the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal is ideal for hiring, promotion, development and succession planning for management and other roles requiring an individual to work with business information to answer questions, determine strategy, reduce risk, and maximize organizational performance.

Watson-Glaser helps your organization:

• Predict how well an applicant will make accurate inferences, recognize assumptions, properly deduce, interpret information, and evaluate arguments – 5 skills crucial to enhancing organizational performance
• Make smarter hiring choices when you can identify the strongest candidates based on critical thinking ability
• Learn whether a candidate possesses the ability to apply the reasoning skills essential to making better business decisions
• Reduce costs and increase efficiency in assessing future leaders
• Gain a precise understanding of the individual by viewing their score relative to over 40 popular industry and occupation norm groups.

Norms for industries include:

• Financial Services
• Banking
• Insurance
• Manufacturing/Production
• Retail/Wholesale
• Health Care
• Information Technology
• High-Tech Industries
• Telecommunications
• Education
• Government/Public Service/Defense

Norms for professional positions include:

• Director
• Executive
• Manager
• Professional*
• Sales
• Supervisor

* those that typically require a college degree at a minimum, are salaried not hourly, and require personal accountability for results

The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal is available in two versions:

Standard Version: Forms A & B

• Administration time is approximately 60 minutes (80 Items).
• The 80 test items are reading passages that present problems, statements, arguments, and interpretations.
• Forms A & B are parallel forms of the assessment. They are ideal for use in pre- and post-assessment affiliated with judgment and decision-making training courses.
• Over 40 norm groups are available.

Short Form Version

• Administration time is approximately 30 minutes (40 items).
• Over 20 norm groups are available.
• Includes the same sections and question types as with the Standard Version.

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