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Information Literacy & Library Curriculum Standards: National, State, District

SECTION III: INFORMATION LITERACY AND LIBRARY CURRICULUM & STANDARDS
  National Information Literacy Standards
  ALA/AASL Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning (IP2 Standards)   The nine Information Literacy standards are broken into three sections: Information Literacy, Independent Learning and Social Responsibility.
  ALA/ACRL Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction:
A Model Statement for Academic Librarians		   Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education.
  ALA Information Power Implementation Tools   This Basic Implementation Kit PowerPoint presentation is designed for use by building-level teacher librarians to introduce the standards and principles of Information Power.
  Developing Educational Standards for Library Media   Links to national standards provided by various professional organizations and states.
  Washington State Subject Area EALRS tied to Information Literacy skills  
EALRs & indicators (.pdf) Summary of EALR with Info Power Standard & Benchmarks (.pdf)
Arts Arts Indicators
Civics Civics Indicators
Communication Communication Indicators
Economics Economics Indicators
Geography Geography Indicators
Health and Fitness Health and Fitness Indicators
History History Indicators
Mathematics Mathematics Indicators
Reading Reading Indicators
Writing Writing indicators
  OSPI Washington State Educational Technology Plan   This page provides links to the full technology plan as well as the 12 Key Recommendations from the plan.
  Information Literacy Standards and the EALRS - grade 4 Standards (.pdf)  

Student achievement of the EALRS is strongly linked to Information Literacy. This chart associates the grade 4 Washington Information Literacy Benchmarks with the EALRS and the National Information Literacy Standards & Indicators.

  Information Literacy Standards and the EALRS - grade 7 Standards (.pdf)  

This chart associates the grade 7 Washington Information Literacy Benchmarks with the EALRS and the National Information Literacy Standards & Indicators.

  Information Literacy Standards and the EALRS - grade 10 Standards (.pdf  

This chart associates the grade 10 Washington Information Literacy Benchmarks with the EALRS and the National Information Literacy Standards & Indicators.

  State Information Literacy Standards
  WLMA/OSPI benchmarks   Essential skills for information literacy include: recognize need , location strategies, access, evaluate and extract information, organize and apply information for a purpose, and evaluate the process and product.
  Washington Technology Standards Students, Teachers, and Educational Leaders   Standards for the State of Washington. 
  Colorado   Colorado provides online literacy resources and links.
  Kentucky   Literacy standards documents for different grade levels.
  Minnesota   Minnesota provides literacy standards for grades K-5
  North Central Regional Labs (NCREL) Information Literacy Skills   Defines information literacy and the skills students need before, during and after accessing information.
  District Information Literacy Standards
  Everett Information Literacy Standards (.pdf)   Describes grade level indicators for achievement of information literacy standards.
  Kent S.D. (.pdf)   Information Literacy Frameworks K-12.
  Prosser S.D. (.pdf)   Information Literacy and Information Technology Learning Guides.
  Renton S. D.   Information Literacy Guidelines for Renton School Libraries.
  Jefferson County Colorado School District Information Literacy   Describes five information literacy standards and how students at each grade level would demonstrate achievement.
  Information Literacy: Models
  Big6   The model for information literacy based on work by Eisenberg and Berkowitz. Includes task definition, information seeking, location and access, use, synthesis, and evaluation.
  Research Cycle   The process for information literacy and research developed by Jamie McKenzie which includes questioning, planning, gathering, sorting & sifting, synthesizing, evaluating, and reporting.
  Carol Kuhlthau Information Search Process  

Powerpoint Presentation (13 slides) - Kuhlthau's site at Rutgers.
Model of the Stages of the Information Search Process, Humboldt State University chart

  Stripling & Pitts Research Process Model   A 10 step model for research
  David Loertscher's Circular Model   The Organized Investigator: a diagram and brief description of the 6-step research process.
  Information Literacy: Applications
  Webquests   WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Some Thoughts About WebQuests provides additional information.
  Pathfinders   Pathfinders were developed and used in public libraries as a way to point the way to good resources of information. Good resources include: Internet Public Library and the Wenatchee Public Schools' Introduction to Pathfinders , Chart for Elementary Pathfinders K-5 , and Template for Pathfinders .
  Bellingham S.D. Online Research Projects   Research modules designed for grades K-8, based on the Research Cycle.
  Everett School District Reading Comprehension Rubric (word document)   Everett's Reading Comprehension rubric sets criteria for good reading practices before, during and after reading.
  Kent Rethinking the Research Report   A course for teachers helps them analyze the relationship between work assigned and resulting student learning, particularly in the area of research reports.
  Kent Untangling the Web   A course syllabus for a unit on web literacy: Web URLs, Question Everything, Search Engines, Internet Literacy, and Next Steps.
  Kent School District Librarian's Literacy Support Model (.pdf)   Intended to complement KSD's efforts to develop student's literacy skills through a literacy workshop model.
  Baltimore Graphic Organizers   Provides links to various graphic organizers sites that help organize complex ideas and thinking strategies such as compare/contrast, webbing, problem/solution, chain of events, concept maps, KWHL, and printable organizers by subject .
 

Maryland: Web Literacy

  Information Literacy: The Web is Not an Encyclopedia discusses scope, authority and bias, accuracy, timeliness and permanence, citing online references, and other useful skills.
  Information Literacy: Authors, Researchers and Teachers
  Dr. Michael Eisenberg   Links to articles and the Big6 Research Model
  Doug Johnson website   Developer of the Code77 Rubrics and the Mankato Technology Self Assessment
  David Loertscher website   Provides links to an extensive list of the research aligning library media programs with student achievement.
  Jamie McKenzie website   Provides monthly articles on issues related to technology in the classroom and research skills. Site links to staffdevelopment.org, newlibrary.org and questioning.org.
  Barbara K. Stripling website   An advocate for teaching thinking skills in the research process. Her article: "Learning Centered Libraries: Implications from Research" urges us to rethink libraries based on the research.
  Assessment of Information Literacy Skills
Bellingham Technology Performance Assessments   Assesses students information literacy skills through collaborative problem solving.
Bellingham Technology Self-Assessments   Students grades 5-12, and teaching staff evaluate their own technology and information literacy skills.
Central Washington State University   The Assessment of Information and Technology Literacy Project goals are to 1) define information and technology literacy, 2) develop strategies or standards of measurement, and 3) determine the feasibility (including cost) of implementing an assessment program.
Code 77 Rubrics   Doug Johnson's technology self-analysis tool for staff (beginning, advanced, internet and administrative), based on the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) and Technology Standards for School Administrators.
Cal Polytechnic Pomona Information Competency Assessment   A tool designed to measure the entry-level information competence and computer literacy skills of incoming college freshman and transfer students.
Curriculum Mapping
Heidi Hayes Jacob website   Curriculum Designers, Inc. site provides information on software and publications that utilize curriculum mapping. Heidi Hayes Jacob's book Mapping the Big Picture is a standard text on Curriculum Mapping.
Spotsylvania County Schools (VA) Curriculum Maps   One school district's example of Curriculum mapping, the process used to align a division’s curriculum with state standards. 
Roadmap to Success: Curriculum Mapping Primer   This Glencoe Publishing article on curriculum mapping may be useful background.

Resource Bank authors: Elaine Twogood (Tacoma), Chris Keyes-Back (Edmonds), Geneva Norton (Shoreline), Vicki Bates (Kent), Betty Marcoux (University of Washington), Sallie Hartman (Everett), Kris Vestad (Yakima), Rob Witcraft (Prosser), Karen Farley(Puget Sound ESD), Cynthia Shulz(ESD 189), Carol Mackey(Evergreen), Kathy Kugler (Tukwila) Teri Litt (Puyallup), Mary Berry (Issaquah), Eileen Andersen and Nancy Messmer (Bellingham). Editing & Web page: Eileen Andersen, Linda St. Andre, Nancy Messmer (Bellingham).

 

 

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