Developing Performance Measures

04/03/2006

Developing Performance Measures

Some people skate to the puck. I skate to where the puck is going to be.
Wayne Gretzky

In their Exchange article, "Preparing to Evaluate Your Center's Performance", Cindy Ratekin and Gary Bess outline the elements you need to have in place in order to develop performance measures for your program...

Desired outcomes: The desired anticipated change, improvement, or standard of performance that the child care center intends to meet
Target population/grouping: The target of change, improvement, or level of analysis that is to be affected
Desired change: The level of change quantifiably determined (e.g., percentage of improvement or attainment of a specific level of performance)
Baseline data: Current information on the child care center in a quantifiably understandable form
Timeframe: The period during which change, improvement, or comparison against standard is made
Measurement indicator: The method and specific measurement that your child care center will rely upon to determine whether change, improvement, or achievement has been met.

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