Introduction
At The Carpentries we are Always Learning. We embody the growth mindset we teach by using data and community feedback to measure our impact and foster continuous improvement.
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. More information about our finances is available on our Financials page.
- Annual Report, 2023 (pdf)
- Annual Report, 2022 (pdf)
- Annual Report, 2021 (pdf)
- Annual Report, 2020 (pdf)
- Annual Report, 2019 (pdf)
- Annual Report, 2018 (pdf)
Annual Reports License
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
- Analysis of Software and Data Carpentry’s Pre- and Post-Workshop Surveys - Full report
- Post-Workshop Survey Report (2016-10-20)
- Analysis of Software Carpentry’s Post-Workshop Surveys
. - Carpentries’ Long-Term Feedback Survey Report (2017-10-31)
- Analysis of The Carpentries Long-Term Impact Survey (2018-07-17)
- Analysis of The Carpentries Long-Term Surveys (April 2020)
These results are also available on GitHub. - Carpentries workshop activity from 2012 through the first quarter of 2018 (June 2018)
- In this report we revisited and updated some of the workshop related data from the earlier report. We also analysed applications for instructor training received since we opened up our application process in July 2016. August 2018
- In this report, we provide an overview of global workshop activity, including the number of workshops and learners involved globally. October 2018
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 Training
We conduct pre- and post-event surveys for both Carpentries Workshops and Training Events. Use the links below to preview the questions currently included in our surveys:
The Carpentries Workshop Surveys
The Carpentries Instructor Training Surveys
Measuring the Long-Term Impact of Our Workshops
We launched a Long-Term Impact Survey in 2017 to evaluate the lasting effects our workshops have on Carpentries Learners. Data is collected every six months. Use the link below to preview the questions currently included in our long-term survey: