TRAILS: Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills
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.
SAILS: Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills
Project SAILS is a knowledge test with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills. These test items are based on the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.
SAILS offers a cohort test for comparing groups of students, an individual scores test, and a build-your-own-test. These tests are meant for students enrolled in institutions of higher education.
With the SAILS information literacy assessment faculty, librarians, and administrators can document skill levels for groups of students and pinpoint areas for improvement.
Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy (TATIL)
The Threshold Achievement Test for Information Literacy (TATIL), inspired by the ACRL Information Literacy Framework for Higher Education, assesses college students’ information literacy knowledge and dispositions.
There are four modules:
TATIL provides evidence of capabilities of students, informing instructors of weak areas, guiding course instruction, and affirming growth following instruction.
