Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 73.94
Liaison Caitlin Steele
Submission Date July 21, 2023

STARS v2.2

San Francisco State University
AC-6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 4.00 caitlin Steele
Dr of Sust & Energy
Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution conduct an assessment of the sustainability literacy of its students?:
Yes

Which of the following best describes the literacy assessment? The assessment is administered to::
The entire (or predominate) student body, directly or by representative sample

Which of the following best describes the structure of the assessment? The assessment is administered as a::
Standalone evaluation without a follow-up assessment of the same cohort or representative samples

A copy of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment(s):
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A list or sample of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment or the website URL where the assessment tool may be found:

Please state your level of agreement with the following questions:

1. While at SF State, I learned about climate change causes, impacts, and solutions.
• Strongly Agree
• Agree
• Neutral
• Disagree
• Strongly Disagree

2. While at SF State, I broadened my perspective on climate change as a social justice issue.
• Strongly Agree
• Agree
• Neutral
• Disagree
• Strongly Disagree

3. While at SF State, I developed skills and abilities to help address climate change.
• Strongly Agree
• Agree
• Neutral
• Disagree
• Strongly Disagree

4. While at SF State, I participated in individual or collective actions to help address climate change.
• Strongly Agree
• Agree
• Neutral
• Disagree
• Strongly Disagree


A brief description of how the literacy assessment was developed and/or when it was adopted:

The Climate Justice Leadership campuswide committee developed the sustainability literacy assessment that was added to the exit survey for all SFSU graduates. Four questions pertaining to climate change were added to the exit survey. An additional survey to graduates of the Climate Certificate (launched in 2022) will go out to all certificate graduates.


A brief description of how a representative sample was reached (if applicable) and how the assessment(s) were administered :

all SF state graduates are sent an exit survey as part of their package of graduation requirements. About 8,000 students graduate every year.


A brief summary of results from the literacy assessment(s):

results:

1. While at SF State, I learned about climate change causes, impacts, and solutions.
• Strongly Agree 27%
• Agree 38%
• Neutral 26%
• Disagree 6%
• Strongly Disagree 3%

2. While at SF State, I broadened my perspective on climate change as a social justice issue.
• Strongly Agree 25%
• Agree 38%
• Neutral 28%
• Disagree 6%
• Strongly Disagree 3%

3. While at SF State, I developed skills and abilities to help address climate change.
• Strongly Agree 19%
• Agree 36%
• Neutral 32%
• Disagree 9%
• Strongly Disagree 4%

4. While at SF State, I participated in individual or collective actions to help address climate change.
• Strongly Agree 17%
• Agree 27%
• Neutral 39%
• Disagree 12%
• Strongly Disagree 5%


Website URL where information about the sustainability literacy assessment is available:
https://registrar.sfsu.edu/graduation

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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