Trends and Reports

SCANS Report: What Work Requires of Schools
Department of Labor:
Summary | Full Report

    • Information: Acquires and evaluates information
    • Acquires and evaluates information
    • Organizes and maintains information
    • Interprets and communicates information
    • Uses computers to process information

ETS: ICT Literacy Assessment (ETS Site)

    An initial administration of the test (though it was administered/taken voluntarily by insititutions and students) showed that only 13% of the students tested were information literate

NEA & The 21st Century Skills Project

Trends and Attitutdes
(Pew Internet Studies, My Space, Wikipedia, Term Paper Mills, Google)

Information Literacy and Standardized Test Scores (School Library Studies)

42 out of 50 states have Information Literacy standards in their state standards documents.

Local School Districts

Improving performance on research projects

    • Meet Standards
    • Higher Order Thinking Skills
    • College / Life Skills

Activity: Keyword Challenge (15-20 min)

 

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