Join the Center for Sustainable Futures at Teachers College, Columbia University, and the Israeli Institute of Education for Sustainability for this International Workshop on Environment, Sustainability, & Education.

Speakers: Andres Sandoval Hernandez, Maria Magdalena Isac, Diego Carrasco,  Daniel Miranda 

Date: Wednesday May 25th, 2022

TIme: 9 AM ET

When UN Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there was not much discussion about how these goals were going to be measured. As we enter the Decade of Action, deciding on a measurement strategy for all SDGs and their targets has become a pressing issue. We will present a recently developed strategy for assessing two indicators that embody tolerance, respect and sustainable development:

• Indicator 4.7.4: Percentage of students by age group (or education level) showing adequate understanding of issues relating to global citizenship and sustainability.

• Indicator 4.7.5: Percentage of 15-year-old students showing proficiency in knowledge of environmental science and geoscience.

This measurement strategy is based on International Large-Scale Assessments (ILSAs) in education and includes a conceptual framework, measurement models, a process to generate proficiency scores, and a method for establishing a threshold of ‘adequate’ and ‘satisfactory’ performance for Indicators 4.7.4 and 4.7.5, respectively. It has been reviewed and endorsed by the UIS’ Technical Cooperation Group on the Indicators for SDG 4-Education 2030 (TCG), which is responsible for the development and maintenance of the thematic indicator framework for the follow-up and review of SDG 4. The resulting scores are available on the UIS database.