Assessments

**This page addresses assessment issues, and provides useful information literacy assessment instruments.**

 * Assessment (including rubrics):**

Association of American Colleges and Universities. //Information Literacy VALUE Rubric//: []

Beile's Test of Information Literacy for Education (B-TILED): http://ilassessments.pbworks.com/w/page/7760872/Beile%20Test%20of%20Information%20Literacy%20for%20Education //ETS: iSkill// [] The //iSkills//™ assessment measures students' ability to navigate, critically evaluate and make sense of the wealth of information available through digital technology — so you can make the necessary changes to narrow skill gaps. The //iSkills// assessment measures information literacy through seven task types — **Define, Access, Evaluate, Manage, Integrate, Create and Communicate** — representing a range of ways that students handle information through digital technology.

//HEDS Research Practices Survey// [] 15-minute-long, 35-question, online survey designed to assess students’ skills, attitudes, and approaches to using information sources in academic research.

// The Information Literacy Test (ILT) // [] ILT is a computerized, multiple-choice test developed collaboratively by the JMU Center for Assessment and Research Studies (CARS) and JMU Libraries. It is designed to assess the //ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education//.

//Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges// [] The information literacy needs assessment is based on 13 of the ACRL //Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education// Performance Indicators.

New York City Department of Education.Office of Library Services. (2010). //Information fluency continuum: Benchmark skills for grades K-12 assessments//. [].

//RAILS// [|http://www.railsontrack.info/about.aspx] Helps librarians assess student information literacy skills exhibited in "artifacts of student learning" like research papers, presentations, worksheets, portfolios, or reflective journals.

SAILS [] Nationally-recognized assessment of information literacy skills; identifies strengths and weaknesses of students' information literacy skills and will provide direction to better develop their skills.

//TRAILS// [] TRAILS is a knowledge assessment with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills based on 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th grade standards. This Web-based system was developed to provide an easily accessible and flexible tool for school librarians and teachers to identify strengths and weaknesses in the information-seeking skills of their students. There is no charge for using TRAILS.

- Coates, H. (2013). Exploring the disconnect between information literacy skills and self-estimates of ability in first-year community college students. //Evidence Based Library And Information Practice, 8//(2), 264-266. @http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/19076 - Farmer, L., & Henri, J. (2008). //Information literacy assessment in k-12 settings//. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. Hseih, M., Dawson, P., & Carlin, M. (2013). What five minutes in the classroom can do to uncover the basic information literacy skills of your college students: A multiyear assessment study. //Evidence Based Library and Information Practice//, 8(3), 34-57. <@http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/19065/15744> - Radcliff, C., et al. (2007). A //practical guide to information literacy assessment for academic librarians//. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. - Rinto, E. (2013). Developing and applying an information literacy rubric to student annotated bibliographies. //Evidence Based Library And Information Practice, 8//(3), 5-18. @http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/19158 - Victor, P;, Otto, J., Mutscher, C. (2013). Assessment of library instruction on undergraduate student success in a documents-based research course: The benefits of librarian, archivist and faculty collaboration. //Collaborative Librarianship, 5//(3), 154-176. http://collaborativelibrarianship.org/index.php/jocl/article/view/262/202
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 * Issues and Help**

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[|http://www.ala.org/acrl/issues/infolit/standards/standardstoolkit] a set of tools, web pages and other resources to help with using the Information Literacy Competency Standards

[] ACRL’s toolkit to work with the ACRL Standards.

[] AASL essential links - -