Traditional measures of information literacy assessment focus primarily on student learning outcomes,
but student learning outcomes are not the only important arena of assessment. However, it is still critical
to establish the standards with which to measure information literacy competencies as the students
carry out their PW, if it is to be used as the vehicle to promote information literacy. “Students will find
the expected competencies useful because they provide students with a framework to gain control over
how they interact with information in their environment. It will help to sensitize them to the need to
develop a meta-cognitive approach to learning, making them conscious of the explicit actions required
for gathering, analyzing, and using information” (Association of College and Research Libraries, p. 6)