Curriculum design gurus Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, authors of "Understanding by Design," coined the term "backwards design." They recommend educators to begin with the question: What would we accept as evidence that students have attained the desired understandings and proficiencies--"before" proceeding to plan teaching and learning…

Portfolios can be used to document the information literacy performance of students. This article discusses the Colorado Information Literacy Rubric which provides a systematic framework for documenting student abilities; describes four levels of student performance: in progress, essential, proficient, and advanced; and illustrates rubric strands…

Assessment of student learning, the measuring of students' progress and performance, is an important concern for library media specialists. Twelve articles are presented which address the issue of assessment of library media services. The titles are: "The Growth of Assessment" (George F. Madaus, Ann G. A. Tan); "Library Information…