While there is growing agreement on the competencies sustainability professionals should possess as well as the pedagogies to develop them, the practice of assessing students’ sustainability competencies is still in its infancy. Despite growing interest among researchers, there has not yet been a systematic review of how students’ sustainability competencies are currently assessed. This review article responds to this need by examining what tools are currently used for assessing students’ sustainability competencies to inform future practice. A systematic literature review was conducted for publications through the end of 2019, resulting in 75 relevant studies that detail the use of an assessment tool. We analyzed the described tools regarding their main features, strengths and weaknesses, as well as potential improvements. Based on this analysis, we first propose a typology of eight assessment tools, which fall into three meta-types: self-perceiving, observation, and test-based approaches, providing specific examples of practice for all tools. We then articulate strengths and weaknesses as well as potential improvements for each tool (type). This study structures the field of sustainability competency assessment, provides a criteria-based overview of the currently used tools, and highlights promising future developments. For the practice, it provides guidance to sustainability (science) instructors, researchers, and program directors who are interested in using competencies assessment tools in more informed ways.

尽管人们对可持续发展专业人士应具备的能力以及发展这些能力的教学方法日益达成共识，但是评估学生的可持续发展能力的实践仍处于起步阶段。尽管研究人员的兴趣日益浓厚，但目前尚未系统评估学生如何评估可持续发展能力。这篇评论文章通过检查当前使用哪些工具评估学生的可持续性能力来为将来的实践提供信息，从而满足了这一需求。到2019年底对出版物进行了系统的文献综述，得出75项相关研究，详细介绍了评估工具的使用。我们分析了所描述的工具的主要功能，优点和缺点以及潜在的改进。根据此分析，我们首先提出八种评估工具的类型，分为三种元类型：自我感知，观察和基于测试的方法，为所有工具提供具体的实践示例。然后，我们阐明每种工具（类型）的优点和缺点以及潜在的改进。这项研究构建了可持续能力评估的领域，提供了基于标准的当前使用工具的概述，并突出了有希望的未来发展。对于实践，它为有兴趣以更明智的方式使用能力评估工具的可持续性（科学）讲师，研究人员和计划主管提供指导。提供所有工具的具体实践示例。然后，我们阐明每种工具（类型）的优点和缺点以及潜在的改进。这项研究构建了可持续能力评估的领域，提供了基于标准的当前使用工具的概述，并突出了有希望的未来发展。对于实践，它为有兴趣以更明智的方式使用能力评估工具的可持续性（科学）讲师，研究人员和计划主管提供指导。提供所有工具的具体实践示例。然后，我们阐明每种工具（类型）的优点和缺点以及潜在的改进。这项研究构建了可持续能力评估的领域，提供了基于标准的当前使用工具的概述，并突出了有希望的未来发展。对于实践，它为有兴趣以更明智的方式使用能力评估工具的可持续性（科学）讲师，研究人员和计划主管提供指导。