This study aims to determine the effect of reading and critical thinking techniques on students' reading comprehension skills. This study uses quantitative research methods with experimental methods with treatment with a 2 x 2 level design with 40 samples. The data used analysis variance and continued with Tukey and Least Square Differences (LSD) tests. The results showed that: (1) reading comprehension skills of students who learn to use reading techniques Directed Reading Thinking Activity is higher than students who learn to use reading techniques Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite, and Review; (2) there is no interaction effect between reading and critical thinking techniques to students' reading comprehension skills; (3) for groups of students who think highly critically and use the technique of reading Directed Reading Thinking Activity higher than students who use reading techniques Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite, and Review; and (4) for groups of students who think critically low and use the techniques of reading Preview, Question, Read, Reflect, Recite, and Review are not higher than students who use the technique of reading Directed Reading Thinking Activity. Subsequent experiments are expected to find the right reading technique for students who think critically low on comprehension reading skills.