TRAILS, developed by Kent State Univ., measures IL skills related to standards for 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th grades. Aligned to the Common Core State Standards and the American Association of School Librarians' Standards for the 21st Century Learner.
A set of search tasks on 3 levels of difficulty and a validated rubric for psychology students.
Short answer and multiple choice questions based on the ACRL IL Standards for chemistry students.
The B-TILED is a test of information literacy for Education students in postsecondary institutions. Includes 22 multiple-choice items and 13 demographic and self-perception questions. Mapped to the ACRL IL standards and the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers.
Standardized 1-hour IL test based on ACRL's IL Standards for Higher Education. Internet-based and includes 60 multiple-choice questions. The test demonstrated both reliability andvalidity.
This book by Amy J. Catalano houses the leading library research instruments in use for the past 15 years, providing one-page evaluations to help expedite your research validation. The work features a variety of tests—such as the Beile Test of Information Literacy for Educators, Project SAILS, and the Library Anxiety Scale—and contains full text of each test when available.
Google Forms is a Google App that can be used to create forms and surveys to collect student data. You can add in different question types, images, videos, or links. There is also a self-grading quiz activated by hitting the settings gear at the top right, choosing quizzes, and selecting “make this a quiz.” You can view the responses from inside the form builder by clicking on the Response tab at the top of the form. You can also export the responses to a Google Sheet by clicking the green Sheets icon at the top right, or choosing to download them in a .csv format.
Formative is an online tool that offers the opportunity to create assignments, deliver them to students, receive results, and provide individualized feedback in real-time. Use the platform to create new and original assignments for students, or upload pre-existing documents and turn them into paperless assignments. Options include multiple-choice questions, short response, illustrated response, or uploaded images/documents.
This site gamifies and enlivens quizzes. The upbeat environment allows for optional music, immediate feedback, timers, and fun memes. You can create your own quizzes or borrow and modify from an extensive bank of existing quizzes. After students take quizzes, you can view and download results to Excel. Use Quizizz for formative assessments, checking for understanding, and exit tickets. Note that all questions are multiple choice.
Kahoot is a game-based classroom response system that can be played by the whole class in real time. Using a simple drag and drop feature, instructors can create multiple-choice quizzes, discussion, or surveys which can be embedded with images, text, or video. Questions are projected on the screen, and students answer with any device.
Formative assessments through quizzes (multiple choice, True/False, and short answer) or quick question polls for up to 50 students per session. Quizzes can be instantly graded and aggregated. Also, up to 20 students can play the "Space Race."
A quick way to create your own gameshow-style boards (e.g. Jeopardy) for test reviews in the classroom. Text-based questions are displayed on-screen and boards are saved for later use. You can create up to 6 categories, with 5 questions per category. Up to 10 teams can participate. Each question is worth a different amount of points, from 100 points to 500 points.
Classroom assessment techniques (CATs) are learner-centered activities that engage students in learning and yield actionable assessment results. The CATs featured in this book are arranged by what they assess, i.e., prior knowledge and understanding, analysis and critical thinking, synthesis and creative thinking, application, attitudes and self-awareness, and learner reactions. Examples include the minute paper, preconception check, muddiest point, think-pair-share, opinion polls, and chain notes.
LMU's homegrown multiple-choice and short answer information literacy test. The test was designed to test specific information literacy learning outcomes. The answer key is also available at https://lmu.box.com/v/seniortest2018
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The Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy (TATIL) is a new multiple-choice test based on the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The test is still in beta, with four modules currently being field tested.
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) has a topical add-on module entitled "Experiences with Information Literacy." The module was developed in collaboration with college and university librarians. It asks students about their use of information and how much their instructors emphasized the proper use of information sources. The module complements questions on the core survey about higher-order learning and how much writing students do.
Performance-based tasks and writing prompts that measure critical thinking and written communication skills. Addresses some information literacy skills. Administered online.
The Critical-thinking Assessment Test (CAT) was developed with input from faculty across a wide range of institutions and disciplines, with guidance from colleagues in the cognitive/learning sciences and assessment and with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAT Instrument is a 1-hour test scored by faculty, and it was designed to assess a broad range of critical thinking and real world problem solving skills. Questions are short answer essay responses. There is some overlap with information literacy.
The Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP) is a nationally-normed assessment program from ACT which measures outcomes of the general education programs at the end of the first 2 years of college.
