This document discusses aligning Pennsylvania state assessment anchors with K-16 information literacy standards. It provides an overview of assessment anchors, which outline the core standards and grade-level expectations that are measured by the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA). It also summarizes information literacy standards and describes how authentic assessment differs from traditional assessment. The document advocates identifying anchors that relate to information literacy skills and tracking their adoption, and suggests strategies for tying curriculum, instruction, and assessment to the anchors.

1. Where Do We All Fit In? Aligning the PSSA Assessment Anchors with K-16 Information Literacy Standards Ellysa Stern Cahoy Central PA K-16 Information Literacy Network April 19, 2007

5. Information Literacy Standards Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. American Association of School Librarians, 1998.

7. Traditional vs Authentic Assessment TRADITIONAL AUTHENTIC Selecting a pre-set response Performing a task Recalling information Constructing / applying knowledge Teacher driven Student driven Based on indirect evidence Based on direct evidence

9. Authentic Assessment

10. Authentic Assessment

11. Authentic Assessment in Practice

12. Authentic Assessment in practice

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19. Education is the kindling of a flame …not the filling of a vessel. --Socrates

21. View this presentation online: http://www.slideshare.net/ellysa/k-16