TRAILS: Tools for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills
The vision for TRAILS was to create a standards-based tool for measuring information literacy competencies. These standards were categorized into five measurable information literacy categories that became the basis for all TRAILS assessments. The TRAILS categories are:
Develop topic
Identify potential sources
Develop, use, and revise search strategies
Evaluate sources and information
Recognize how to use information responsibly, ethically, and legally.