Development and Validation of Information Literacy Assessment Tool for Primary Students

This study utilized a three-step approach for developing and validating an information literacy assessment tool for primary students. Firstly, 52 multiple-choice items were devised as the item pool based on the existing information literacy evaluation indicators system. After gathering feedbacks from the experts and teachers, 49 items were retained to form the pilot test items of the information literacy assessment tool. Then, pilot test was conducted among 323 students of 4th and 5th grades from four primary schools in a district of central China region. The analyses of item difficulty, item discrimination, Rasch model were employed to validate the information literacy assessment tool. Finally, 37 items were retained as reliable and valid to measure primary students' information literacy.