TRAILS: Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills

Authors

Christina Miller, CUNY York CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2016

Abstract

TRAILS: Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills, a product of Kent State University Libraries, free and online, aims to evaluate information literacy skills of elementary and high school students. Launched in 2006, the tool was initially funded by the Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education (ILILE), an initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and the U.S. Department of Education. The multiple-choice, standards-based, knowledge assessment measures competencies in five information categories—topic development, identification of sources, development of search strategies, evaluation of information, and ethical uses of information—at the third-, sixth-, ninth-, and twelfth-grade benchmark levels.

Comments

This review originally appeared in The Charleston Advisor, available at doi:10.5260/chara.17.3.43.