The Scarsdale Sustainability Initiative

Program Assessment

Currently, much of what we assess is process: 

• We document sustainability activities.
• We use traditional academic assessments.
• We track our carbon footprint (electricity, gas, oil).
• We have some quanitative and qualitative measures of student attitudes and behaviors.

• We will track the number of Senior Options students and students enrolled in research programs who choose to study sustainability.
• We will add to our quantitative and qualitative measures of student attitudes and behaviors.
• We will develop cross-disciplinary assessments for skills and knowledge that cut across or do not fall into traditional subject areas.
• We will continue to monitor progress toward the Board's 2020 Goal and develop additional methods to monitor our progress in other areas.
• We will evaluate the new coordinated program of sustainability instruction for all students.