University at Buffalo

University at Buffalo will lead a research-practice collaboration in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, and Madison Public Library. The project will engage researchers and library staff in the study and co-design of assessments of learning in makerspaces. The project responds to librarians' need to better assess facilitated learning in their spaces, patrons' desire for constructive formative and summative feedback, and a need for guidance on how best to act on assessment data for all. Ultimately, the project will result in the development of adaptable assessment tools that will support librarians' development of assessment literacies for promoting lifelong learning for inquiry-based, hands-on learning experiences.