The LRJA is focused on a broad set of skills that are required for working CAOS™ (Competing ideas, Accelerating change, information Overload, and Social differences). The mega skills targeted in the LRJA fall into seven broad categories—self-mastery, working with perspectives, conflict resolution, gathering & evaluating information, contextual thinking, experimentation, and decision-making.
LRJA reports, like all Lectical Assessment reports, include rich feedback and customized learning suggestions—none of which involve memorizing. There are forms of the LRJA for learners of all ages (from age 10).
Reflective judgment skills begin developing in infancy during early interactions with our physical and social worlds. They are best developed through reflective practices that are integrated into curricula and everyday life.
We are working hard to make the LRJA available, FREE of charge, to individual teachers and their students. Stay tuned!
Performance on the LRJA is a good predictor of success in college, and the human-vetted version is suitable for use in admissions decisions.
The electronically scored version of the LRJA is suited for formative classroom use and is often used in program evaluations.
Performance on mental ability assessments is the strongest predictor of workplace performance. However, although most mental ability assessments can provide a mental ability score, they have little to offer when it comes to individual development.
The LRJA not only provides validated mental ability scores, its report is designed to help employees build essential workplace skills by becoming more effective every-moment learners.
To view an interactive sample LRJA report (for an adult), log in to this site as username: dorothytoto, password: yellowbrickroad.
There are now seven LRJA mega skills (and there may be more in the future), but individual LRJA dilemmas can generally target only three or four of them at a time. We change the targeted skills by crafting different kinds of dilemmas and prompts. For example, a dilemma that targets conflict resolution will involve a conflict, and a prompt that targets framing skills will encourage framing.
| Mega-skill | Grades 5-12 | Adults | Targeted skills |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-mastery | X | X | Skills for learning, thinking, regulating emotions & behavior, clarifying and applying values, and recognizing & managing biases |
| Working with perspectives | X | X | Skills for identifying perspectives, perspective-taking and seeking, considering perspectives, and working with perspectives |
| Gathering & evaluating information | X | X | Skills for gathering information, evaluating sources, evaluating evidence, and recognizing bias |
| Conflict resolution | X | X | Skills for framing conflicts, negotiation, persuasion, and integrating perspectives |
| Experimentation | X | Skills for creating evidence through experimentation and other forms of research | |
| Contextual thinking | X | X | Skills for understanding and working with situations, constraints & affordances, and the broader context |
| Decision-making | X | X | Skills for framing decisions, setting goals, identifying solutions, deciding, and implementing decisions |
IES (US Department of Education)
The Spencer Foundation
NIH
Dr. Sharon Solloway
The Simpson Foundation
The Leopold Foundation
Glastonbury School District, CT
The Ross School
Rainbow Community School
The Study School
Long Trail School
The US Naval Academy
The City of Edmonton, Alberta
The US Federal Government
Antonio Battro, MD, Ph.D., One Laptop Per Child
Marc Schwartz, Ph.D. and former high school teacher, University of Texas at Arlington
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Ed.D., University of Southern California
Willis Overton, Ph.D., Temple University, Emeritus