Web Standard Evaluation Checklist in Table Format

Scoring Legend
6 = High/Best
0 = Low/Worst
Standard

Criteria

Text Alternatives

All images have equivalent alternative text.

Adaptable

Distinguishable

Keyboard
Accessibility

Score
3.5

Frames are appropriately titled.

Tables are used for tabular data.

4.5

Reading and navigation order is logical and intuitive.

Instructions do not rely on shape, size, visual location, or sound.

Color alone is not used to convey content or distinguish links from

surrounding text.

Page is readable and functional when text size is doubled.

Blocks of text are not fully justified, have adequate margins and
line spacing, and do not require horizontal scrolling when text size
is doubled.

All page functionality is available using the keyboard, mouse,

track-pad, or touchscreen.

3.5

The user can navigate to and from all navigable page elements.

3.5

Timing

The content and functionality has no time limits or constraints.

Navigable

Each web page has a descriptive and informative page title.

The navigation order of links is logical and intuitive.

The purpose of each link can be determined from the link text
alone.

There are no links with the same link text that go to different
locations.

1.5

Content can be reasonably read by a person with roughly 9 years

of primary education.

3.5

Readable

Predictable

Compatible

Organization is not confusing.

Foreground information is distinguishable from background.

When a page element receives focus, it does not result in a

change that could confuse or disorient the user.

Navigation links that are repeated on web pages do not change

order when navigating through the site.

Elements that have the same functionality across multiple web

pages are consistently identified.

Significant HTML/XHTML validation/parsing errors are avoided.

Markup is used in a way that facilitates accessibility.

Individual sections of content are designated using headings,

where appropriate.

Content and function must be compatible with assistive

technologies.

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Notes. The standards and criteria of this checklist were adapted from the World Wide Web Consortiums
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Checklist (2008) and Vandenbarks Tending a wild
garden: library web design for persons with disabilities (2010).

WMPL website content was run through both WebAIMs WAVE (2016); the University of Illinois
Functional Accessibility Evaluator 2.0 (2016), and the World Wide Web Consortiums Nu HTML
Checker, Link Checker, Markup Validator, and Unicorn Unified Validator (2016).