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Introduction

At The Carpentries we are “Always Learning”. We embody the growth mindset we teach using data and community feedback to measure our impact and foster continuous improvement.

More than 3,000 volunteers
About 8,000 learners
More than 150 countries

Annual Reports

Our annual reports serve as a high-level summary of The Carpentries work, providing a succinct introduction to our organisation for potential funders, new members, and others joining our community. These reports also serve as a rich resource for our existing community members, showcasing the work and growth of our community and providing a summary of the previous year, and what we plan to achieve in the coming year. Our annual reports also include a short overview of our finances for the year.

Referencing Annual Reports

Our annual reports are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Artistic images and photographs are licensed to the image creators as described in each report.

Other Impact Reports

Assessment

We value a culture of assessment, and consistently assess learner outcomes from workshops (short term), programmatic efforts (instructor training), and the long-term impact we have on learners.

Measuring the Impact of Our Workshops and Trainings

We conduct pre- and post- workshop surveys for Carpentries Workshops & Instructor Training Events. Use the links below to preview the questions currently included in our surveys:

The Carpentries Workshop Surveys

Preview the Pre-Workshop Survey

Preview the Post-Workshop Survey

The Carpentries Instructor Training Surveys

Preview the Pre-Training Survey

Preview the Post-Training Survey

Measuring the Long-Term Impact of Our Workshops

We launched a Long-Term Impact Survey in 2017 to evaluate the long term impact our workshops are having on Carpentries Learners. Data is collected every six months.Use the below to preview the questions currently included in our long-term survey:

Preview the Long Term Impact Surve

Data

We openly share our data, source code and analyses used in our assessment practices in our Assessment Repository.

View Data on the Assessment Repository