Sarah McGrew|Joel Breakstone|Teresa Ortega|Mark D. Smith|Sam Wineburg
Can Students Evaluate Online Sources? Learning From Assessments of Civic Online Reasoning
Stanford University|Stanford University|Stanford University|Stanford University|Stanford University
informed citizen todays informationrich environment individuals must able evaluate information encounter internet however teachers currently limited options want assess students evaluations digital content response created range short tasks assess students civic online reasoningthe ability effectively search evaluate verify social political information online assessments ranged paperandpencil tasks open internet search tasks delivered via google forms outline process assessment development middle school high school college students 12 states completed tasks present series representative tasks analyses trends student performance across tasks grade levels students struggled effectively evaluate online claims sources evidence results point need curriculum materials support students development civic online reasoning competencies