What kinds of standardized tests are you talking about? There's a whole plethora of them, ranging in difficulty, appropriate age and the amount of critical thi

What kinds of standardized tests are you talking about? There's a whole plethora of them, ranging in difficulty, appropriate age and the amount of critical thinking they measure. In fact any test given to a group of people can be considered a standardized test. But very few of them measure any sort of critical thinking, or even reading comprehension.