LMC+Assessment

=Information Literacy Assessment=



TRAILS
I'm looking into several options for pre-assessments for incoming freshman. I find [|TRAILS]: Tool for Real Time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills, which has a higher ed component, [|Project SAILS], to be a promising tool with the following benefits:
 * 1) The process is fully automated - supporting our goal of technology integration.
 * 2) Student ID's are automatically generated - saving valuable planning time.
 * 3) Reports are automatically generated - saving more valuable planning time.
 * 4) Assessment is research based - providing us with valuable information on our students that can be used across the curriculum.
 * 5) Assessment is standards based - allowing us to drill down to specific categories of skills by student.
 * 6) Assessments are available at levels 6-12 - allowing us to track growth.
 * 7) Higher ed assessments are available - providing opportunity to assess college readiness.
 * 8) "Because of generous support from ILILE, IMLS, and Kent State University, there is no cost for library media specialists and teachers to use TRAILS" (TRAILS website).

"Knowledge assessment with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills based on sixth and ninth grade standards. The Web-based system was developed to provide an easily accessible and flexible tool for library media specialists and teachers to identify strengths and weaknesses in the information-seeking skills of their students" (TRAILS website).

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