Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.36
Liaison Marianella Franklin
Submission Date Jan. 10, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
AC-6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 4.00 Marianella Franklin
Director of Sustainability
The Office For Sustainability
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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::
A subset of students or a sample that may not be representative of the predominant student body

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):
A list or sample of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment or the website URL where the assessment tool may be found:
A brief description of how the literacy assessment was developed and/or when it was adopted:

The UTRGV Office for Sustainability (OFS) developed with Dr. Sergio Garcia, two surveys to measure sustainable literacy and culture, via an online Qualtrics survey. The surveys were sent to all student and faculty on Fall 2019 semester.


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

The surveys were sent to all student and faculty on Fall 2019 semester. The literacy survey was answered by 438, but completed by 329 participants,(including staff, faculty, and students). The survey is sent to student, faculty, and staff body on an annual basis.


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

Literacy survey summary:
The survey was completed by 329 participants, of whom 317 were students, 7 were faculty, 3 were staff, and 2 other. 50% of students and faculty showed knowledge/sustainability competencies. 32% did not show high levels of knowledge/sustainability competencies & 18% students showed little to no knowledge/ sustainability competencies.


Website URL where information about the sustainability literacy assessment is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Database with literacy survey results and assessment is attached.


Database with literacy survey results and assessment is attached.

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