October 27, 2006

Students Fall Short on 'Information Literacy,' Educational Testing Service's Study Finds

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

College students and high-school students preparing to enter college are sorely lacking in the skills needed to retrieve, analyze, and communicate information available online, according to preliminary findings released last week by the Educational Testing Service.

A study by the nonprofit testing group looked at the scores of about 3,000 college students and 800 high-school students on a new ETS test designed to measure their information literacy and computer savvy. The test is called

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