Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.79
Liaison Mike Furno
Submission Date June 9, 2021

STARS v2.2

University of Denver
AC-6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 4.00 Chad King
Sustainability Coordinator
Sustainbility
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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:
See attachment

A brief description of how the literacy assessment was developed and/or when it was adopted:
The literacy assessment was developed and refined beginning in 2018 with a post doc in the IRISE program, who had supported the development of a sustainability literacy in their graduate program.

A brief description of how a representative sample was reached (if applicable) and how the assessment(s) were administered :
The sustainability assessment has been used sparingly to date, namely assessing understanding of student sustainability interns

A brief summary of results from the literacy assessment(s):
we have not had an adequate sample size to date as we've continued to explore other ways to gain wider distribution and pre- post-testing.

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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