Helping Students Make Informed Choices About College
Category: Pathways to and Through Postsecondary
Instrument Overview
ThinkReady (formerly C-PAS, CPAS) is an innovative assessment designed to track the development of Key Cognitive Strategies (KCS), which are the thinking skills necessary for college and career readiness and success. Through extensive research over more than a decade, Dr. David T. Conley, founder of the Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC), identified the KCS necessary for success in college or a career: Problem Formulation, Research, Interpretation, Communication, Precision/Accuracy
Organization
Collection Category(ies)
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Problem Formulation ; Research Interpretation ; Communication Precision/Accuracy
Respondent
Teacher
Administration Information
Length
N/A
Access and Use
Developer
D. Conley & Educational Policy Improvement Center
Setting
Classroom,
Schoolwide
