Evidence-Based Practices or "how to assess the library media program" is a HOT topic for librarians. You can't collect data AFTER they've decided that they want to eliminate your position or the library program!!
So be proactive: Here are some links to locate research articles, links, or tools to learn ways to build evidence for the assessment of your library program.
Assessment Home--Toolkit 98
Hawaii's Content & Performance Standards Database
No Child Left Behind
Ohio Educational Library Media Association
Institute for Library and Information Literacy Education
TRAILS --- Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills
Somebody Wanted But So (strategies for summarizing picture books)
QAR (Question / Answer Relationships) ---to teach students to answer questions from the bottom to the top of Bloom's Taxonomy
Outcomes Based Education in Libraries
Resources for Assessment
Rubric Examples -- Prentice Hall
Kathy Schrock's Rubric Samples
Rubistar Rubric Generator
Articles to Review:
Harada, V.H. SCHOOL LIBRARIANS Help Students Achieve: Here's the Evidence! MultiMedia & Internet@Schools; Mar/Apr2007, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p25-28, 4p.
Harada, V. H. Working Smarter: Being Strategic About Assessment and Accountability. Teacher Librarian 33 No. 1 (October 2005): pp. 8 15.
Harada, V. H. and J. M.Yoshina. Assessing Learning: Librarians and Teachers as Partners. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2005.
Harada, V. H. and J. M.Yoshina. Assessing Learning:The Missing Piece in Instruction? School Library Media Activities Monthly 22, No. 7 (March 2006): pp. 20 23.
Hawaii Association of School Librarians. School Librarians Help Students Achieve: Here s the Evidence! Training resources available at http://sls.k12.hi.us/evidence%5fwkshp06.
Harada, V.H. Involving Students in Learning Through Rubrics. Library Media Connections. Feb. 2007, Vol. 25 Issue 5; p.10-14. 5p.
Harada, V.H. Building Evidence Folders for Learning through Library Media Centers. School Library Media Activities Monthly. Nov. 2006, Vol. 23, Issue 3, p25-30, 6p.
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