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Information Literacy Graduate Assessment Testing

2003-2005

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

                            Southside Virginia Community College began participating in the VCCS Information Literacy Graduate Assessment Testing in spring 2003.  Between spring 2003 and spring 2005 a total of 623 Southside Virginia Community College prospective graduates took the core competency test in Information Literacy.  Table 1 provides a breakdown of the numbers of students taking the test each year by degree, certificate, and diploma.

Table 1.  A listing of SVCC Graduates Taking the Information Literacy Graduate Assessment Test

2003-2005

                            The groups with the largest numbers of graduates were the AAS and AA&S Degree Programs followed by the Certificate Programs.  Because of the small numbers of Diploma graduates it is difficult to try to determine any trends within this group.  For the three other groups there are notable positive trends which would indicate that the SVCC graduates are increasing in their knowledge of Information Literacy and how to use the technology:

1.           The % of students not meeting the VCCS standard for Information Literacy has significantly decreased.

 Table 2.  A Comparison of % of Graduates Not Meeting the VCCS Standard for Information Literacy between 2003 and 2005

 2.           The most striking increase has come in the % of graduates who demonstrated advanced proficiency in Information Literacy

Table 3.  A Comparison of % of graduates Demonstrating Advanced Proficiency in Information Literacy Between 2003 and 2005

 In general, SVCC graduates have continued to improve in Information Literacy and the most recent graduates exceed the VCCS average in all areas.

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