Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.00
Liaison Lisa Mitten
Submission Date March 4, 2015
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State University of New York at New Paltz
AC-6: Sustainability Literacy Assessment

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.01 / 4.00 Michael Sheridan
Professor
School of Business
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The percentage of students assessed for sustainability literacy (directly or by representative sample) and for whom a follow-up assessment is conducted:
0.18

The percentage of students assessed for sustainability literacy (directly or by representative sample) without a follow-up assessment:
0.13

A copy of the questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment(s):
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The questions included in the sustainability literacy assessment(s) :

We used the Sustainability Literacy Assessment Test which randomly selects 50 multiple choice questions. A description of these questions can be found at http://www.sustainabilitytest.org/
According to the Sustainability Test website, "2/3rds [of the questions] are related to Supra/International level (ie. global warming) and 1/3rd [of the questions are] linked to national/regional level (i.e. local regulations and laws, culture and practices)."

The Sustainability Literacy Test website does not publish test questions that are open to the public, so we are unable to comply with the STARS requirement to provide questions used in the sustainability literacy assessment. To view the questions, please sign up to register for the exam.

+ Date Revised: July 14, 2015

A brief description of how the assessment(s) were developed:

From the Sustainability Test website: "[The questions] were based on the founding principles of sustainable development including basic definitions (e.g. sustainable development, corporate social responsibility, socially responsible investment, social entrepreneurship, etc.); trends and key figures of global issues covering environmental, social and economic dimensions. (e.g. demographic, biodiversity extinction, etc.; sources in international texts (e.g. international reports, UN conventions, etc.); and from reports and surveys from specialized national agencies. Some are structured by core subjects addressed in ISO 26000, the international standard for social responsibility of Organisations (7 core subjects and 37 core issues)."


A brief description of how the assessment(s) were administered:

Students completed the online exam outside of the classroom. They had 30 minutes to complete the exam.


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

Average score was a 54% (approximately 27 correct responses out of 50). The top performance category was Organizational Governance (avg score of 79%); whereas the lowest performance occurred in the Human Rights & Community involvement and development (avg score of 42%).


The website URL where information about the literacy assessment(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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