Seven Questions about Creativity and Creative Thinking

Student responses on the PISA 2022 creative thinking test are a rich source of data. The CT Rescoring Project applied new scoring methods to PISA 2022 creative thinking data in 14 countries and economies to identify the most creative responses in the sample and shed new light on key questions about creativity and creative thinking. This report examines what makes ideas creative across country-language groups, what cognitive processes lead to more creative ideas, and how successfully students can think creatively in multiple tasks, as well as the characteristics of high-performing students. Policy implications from the key findings are also described.