Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites

Many web sites offer guides to evaluating web sites that may be useful for teachers or for students. Here are some good examples of such sites. One print document is also included that may be obtained from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.

Selecting Computer-Based High School Science Curricula
Education Development Center (EDC):

• This guide includes review criteria, a curriculum review worksheet, sample reviews, and curriculum profiles
• The review criteria section raises 13 questions that relate to student learning, teaching and professional development, equity, and feasibility

Teaching undergrads WEB evaluation: A guide for library instruction
The Association of College and Research Libraries:

• The guide explores five categories of review criteria: accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, and coverage

Evaluating Websites for Educational Uses: Bibliography and Checklist
The University of North Carolina:

Renewable Energy Web Site Evaluations Compiled by the Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School staff members with a grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.

• The criteria categories are authority, scope, format, and costs and accessibility

Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
EvaluTech:

• Criteria listed include accuracy, appropriateness, scope, navigation, and presentation

Web Evaluation Criteria
Tufts University:

• A concise chart uses Source/Authorship, Purpose, Content and organizing categories

Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
Cornell University Library:

• Examples of sets of criteria, online selection examples, and a "webliography"