Megan Oakleaf
Using rubrics to assess information literacy: An examination of methodology and interrater reliability
abstract academic librarians seeking assess information literacy skills often focus testing primary means evaluation educators long recognized limitations tests limitations cause many educators prefer rubric assessment testbased approaches evaluation contrast many academic librarians unfamiliar benefits rubrics librarians explored use information literacy rubrics taken rigorous approach methodology interrater reliability article seeks remedy omissions describing benefits rubricbased approach information literacy assessment identifying methodology using rubrics assess information literacy skills analyzing interrater reliability information literacy rubrics hands university librarians faculty students study results demonstrate cohens effectively employed check interrater reliability study also indicates rubric training sessions improve interrater reliability among librarians faculty students