Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.66
Liaison Grace Afflerbach
Submission Date March 8, 2024

STARS v2.2

Purchase College - State University of New York
AC-6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 4.00 Grace Afflerbach
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities
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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:
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A brief description of how the literacy assessment was developed and/or when it was adopted:
The Sustainability Coordinator created the assessment in the Spring of 2023.

A brief description of how a representative sample was reached (if applicable) and how the assessment(s) were administered :
A representative sample was not reached.

A brief summary of results from the literacy assessment(s):
Most participants scored most questions correctly. The questions with the highest rates of incorrect answers were "In what state is the environmental justice movement said to have started?" "What global degree of warming above pre-industrial levels was agreed upon in the Paris Climate Agreement?" "About how many homes in Westchester have solar power?"

Optional Fields 

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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