Forced-choice Tests (e.g., multiple-choice, true/false)

Information Literacy Assessment -- from UW-Whitewater, University Library -- 9 multiple-choice questions

Information Literacy Quiz -- from Bellevue Community College -- 21 multiple-choice and true/false questions -- also find a variety of discipline-specific assessments and activities

Information Literacy Assessment Test -- from Augustana College -- 28 multiple-choice questions

TRAILS (Tools for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) -- from Kent State University -- "There are two general assessments (30 items each), as well as two 10-item assessments in each of the five categories (Develop Topic; Identify Potential Sources; Develop, Use, and Revise Search Strategies; Evaluate Sources and Information; Recognize How to Use Information Responsibly, Ethically, and Legally). The assessment pairs are parallel in terms of concepts addressed and may be used as pre- and post-tests." -- Free for use by library media specialists and teachers

SAILS (Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) -- also from Kent State University -- SAILS is a 45-item multiple-choice, college-level test aligned with the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. "Students are directed to the SAILS web site to take the web-based test. Each student may take the test once per administration. Responses are sent to a central database where data are analyzed and reports are generated and made available for download in PDF." "The SAILS test asks students questions about research strategies; selecting sources; understanding and using finding tools; developing and revising search strategies; evaluating results; retrieving materials; documenting sources; and legal and social issues related to ethical and effective use of information. The test identifies areas where students have strong information literacy skills and where skills need to be strengthened." There is a per-student fee for participation.

Information Competency Assessment Instrument -- from California State University, Dominguez Hills -- 27 multiple-choice questions

Test Your Research Skills -- from Raritan Valley Community College / Evelyn S. Field Library -- 25 multiple-choice questions

Information Competence -- from UCLA Library -- 14 multiple-choice questions, with a very interesting table approach to some questions

NetTrail Quiz -- from the University of California Santa Cruz -- 17 multiple-choice questions

Legal Research on the Internet Quiz -- from West Virginia University College of Law Library -- 9 multiple-choice questions

Information Literacy Assessment -- from Ann Viles, Appalachian State University -- 28 multiple-choice questions

Authentic Assessments (see Authentic Assessment Toolbox)

Information Literacy Skills Survey -- from the Plano (Texas) Independent School District -- a series of fill-in-the-blank and short essay questions for the middle school level

LILO (Learning Information Literacy Online) Tutorial plus Rubrics -- from the University of Hawai'i Libraries -- The first link takes you to an online tutorial that can be used as part of a course or completed independently. A nice feature of the tutorial is that you can have students complete journal entries associated with specific information literacy skills in response to specific prompts. Those journal entries can then be evaluated with the rubrics found at the second link.

Information Literacy Quiz -- from November Learning, a company that provides a variety of development services -- includes 13 brief essay questions -- also includes answers to quiz and some possible follow-up activities

Information Literacy Assessment -- from Rappahannock Community College -- a "research log" assignment in which students answer questions about a research assignment just completed -- apparently, meant less as a summative assessment to evaluate students and more as a formative assessment to provide feedback for instruction

Information Literacy Assessment -- from Pasadena City College (adapted from following assessment by Topsy Smalley) -- contains nine constructed-response or short essay questions

Information Literacy Assessment -- from Topsy Smalley at Cabrillo College -- contains nine constructed-response or short essay questions

Information Literacy and Research Skills Course Assessments -- from Minneapolis Community and Technical College -- An excellent and extensive set of authentic assignments and tests that accompany this course on Information Literacy and Research Skills from the Library and Information Studies faculty. On this page you can find links to several information literacy assignments with their accompanying (and detailed) rubrics. Additionally, you can find take-home mid-term and final exams that require students to apply these skills. Finally, there is a link to a research portfolio and accompanying rubric that can be used across disciplines. Oh wait, there's more . . . but I'll let you explore.

CSU Information Competence Questionnaire - Phase I -- from California State University -- section 2 includes a series of scenarios to which students respond

CSU Assessment Tasks - Phase II -- from California State University -- similar to the scenarios in Phase I, brief tasks are presented followed by a set of questions

Assessing Student Learning Outcomes -- from Dana Franks at Highline Community College -- scroll down page to find assessment which is a group activity in which students select a topic, complete a "Great Finds" task, and give a group presentation -- detailed rubrics are included

Alternative Research Assignments -- from Stauffer Library, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario -- a good list of authentic assessment tasks

Blended Assessments (some combination of forced-choice and constructed-response or performance items)

Information Competency Proficiency Exam -- from College of Southern Nevada -- includes 19 multiple-choice and matching questions, and 7 short-answer essay questions -- "This exam is adapted from the Information Competency Proficiency Exam developed by the Bay Area Community Colleges Information Competency Assessment Project." (See below.)

Information Literacy Assessment -- from the Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges -- "The instrument consists of approximately 40 questions. There is a survey of library use attitudes, drawn (with the author’s permission) from Carol Kulthau’s book, Seeking Meaning. (See More Information Literacy Resources.) In addition to multiple choice questions, there are several open-ended questions. Several of these constructed-response questions are follow-ups to 'yes/no' questions. We found that these constructed responses, while not scored, provide valuable insight into how students seek, find and use information." You will have to login with the provided ID and password to view the assessment.

Bay Area Community Colleges Information Competency Assessment -- from -- includes 47 multiple-choice, matching, and short-answer items and 12 performance exercises -- see detailed rubrics

Rubrics

Rubric for Assessing Research Papers -- from Merz, Lawrie H. and Beth L. Mark, comp. Assessment in College Library Instruction Programs (CLIP Note #32). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, College Libraries Section, 2002.

Information Literacy Rubric -- School Library New York State

Information Literacy Rubric -- from St. John's University

Information Literacy Rubric -- from Utah State University

Information Literacy Rubric for General Education -- from Augustana College

Rubrics for the Assessment of Information Literacy -- from Colorado Department of Education, State Library and Adult Education Office, Colorado Educational Media Association (scroll down page to find rubrics)

Research Process Rubric -- from Downers Grove (IL) North High School Library

Rubric for Resource-based Learning -- from Stauffer Library, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

 

Tutorials

The Libraries at Washington State University has a long list of internally-developed information literacy tutorials.

Texas Lutheran University also has a long list of tutorials, collected by Mark Dibble.

 

 

Last updated: 8/11/08

Compiled by Jon Mueller (http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/), Professor of Psychology at North Central College, and author of the Authentic Assessment Toolbox.

Please let me know of any other assessments not listed above or of any changes in the above assessments or links. E-mail me at jfmueller@noctrl.edu. Thanks.