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
- District 88 - Willowbrook / Addison Trail (S.T.U.D.Y. Curriculum)
- District 207 - Maine Township (Information Literacy Curriculum)
- District 203 - Naperville (Information Literacy Benchmarks)
- District 99 - Downer's Grove (Technology
Standards)
Improving performance on research projects
- Meet Standards
- Higher Order Thinking Skills
- College / Life Skills
Activity: Keyword
Challenge (15-20 min)