THE ENNIS-WEIR CRITICAL THINKING ESSAY TEST CRITERIA:SCORING SHEET AN INSTRUMENT FOR TEACHING AND TESTING ROBERT H. ENNIS ERIC WEIR MIDWEST PUBLICATIONSTHE ENNIS-WEIR CRITICAL THINKING ESSAY TEST TEST @¢ MANUAL @ CRITERIA ¢ SCORING SHEET AN INSTRUMENT FOR TEACHING AND TESTING by ROBERT H. ENNIS ERIC WEIR 85 86 87 88 89 9091 —987654321 © 1985 MIDWEST PUBLICATIONS P.O. BOX 448 PACIFIC GROVE, CA 93950 ISBN 0-89455-290-2CONTENTS Introduction Part I: Information about the Test as a Test What the Test Measures . Characteristics of the Test . Uses of the Test . Level of Students Administering the Test . Grading the Test. Validity Reliabil Information about Some Students . Part II: Comments on the Argument of the Letter and Suggestions for Scoring Paragraph One .. Paragraph Two Paragraph Three Paragraph Four . Paragraph Five Paragraph Six . Paragraph Seven Paragraph Eight . Seucwccs Part III: Using the Test as a Teaching Instrument | Prerequisite Study .. Socratic and Didactic Approaches to Teaching . Summary . Bibliography : Appendix: The Ennis-Weir Critical Thinking Essay Test: An Instrument for Teaching and Testing Directions .. 12 The Moorburg Lette: Criteria and Scoring Sheet . Table 1: Means and Standard Deviations .