Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 71.43
Liaison Cora Kenfield
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Vassar College
AC-6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 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.


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