The course evaluation scheme oriented ability cultivation was established. The for-mative evaluation indexes which were practiced in information retrieval course were divided into two indicators: classroom learning and performance including five secondary indexes（classroom discipline， classroom learning， homework， questions and answer questions online， personal essay and group dis-cussion reports） with the and seven observation points（pre-class preparation， teacher-student interac-tions， classroom discussions and classroom reports， experimental class performance， homework com-pletion， the utilization of network teaching platform， personal essay and group discussion）， and these were practiced in the teaching of “information retrieval” curriculum， the usual results was composed with the usual academic performance and utilization of the network teaching platform. Finally， the practice results were discussed and summarized in order to cultivate the ability of the students who major in information management and to improve the teaching quality.