Vassar College
AC-6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment
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2.00 / 4.00 |
Cora
Kenfield Director of Sustainability Office of 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::
Pre- and post-assessment to the same cohort or to representative samples in both a pre- and post-test
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:
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A brief description of how the literacy assessment was developed and/or when it was adopted:
The Office of Sustainability adopted the assessment and began to distribute it in Spring 2021, with a second post-examination scheduled for the following semester. This instrument is scheduled to be used in a number of different programs on a rolling and ongoing basis.
A brief description of how a representative sample was reached (if applicable) and how the assessment(s) were administered :
Assessment is initially being administered to a subset of students otherwise engaged with sustainability, though this will be spreading to a broader sample in the next 6-12 months.
A brief summary of results from the literacy assessment(s):
We are waiting to summarize and release results until after our first cohort of post-assessments.
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