What are the right (or most used) Key Performance Indicators for you?
January 8, 2010 at 5:42 pm 3 comments
I’ve been thinking about dashboards and visual displays of data lately – and the concept of Key Performance Indicators (sometimes called Critical Success Factors). Click here for an interesting study on the use of KPIs in primary schools in the United Kingdom.
I’m curious about how much KPIs are being used in schools today and by what levels of audiences. Are KPIs seen only as a tool for administrators, or do they also have value for classroom practitioners? Do building-level administrators see value in the same KPIs that district administrators do?
I’m also curious as to what people consider to be the key Key Performance Indicators to track and monitor (sorry, I couldn’t resist the double use of the word “key” there). Said another way, are all KPIs created equally?
Entry filed under: Assessment and Accountability, Data Analytics. Tags: critical success factors, key performance indicators, KPIs.
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Liz Frischhertz | January 11, 2010 at 4:41 am
LA Dept. of Ed recently stated 8 goals with attainable targets that mirror their Race to the Top Application:
Students enter kindgergarten prepared
Students reading by grade 3
Kindergartners arrive in grade 4 on time
Adequate ELA performance by grade 8
Exhibit required numeracy skills by grade 8
Graduate on time
Enroll in postsecondary or workforce ready
Achieve regardelss of race or color
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Mike Mitchell | January 11, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Interesting Liz. I’ll be interested to see if other states publish goals that are similar. Are you aware of any ways that they plan to track progress toward meeting these stated goals?
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Jeff Barker | March 12, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Some of the KPIs we track and monitor both at the distirct and school level are:
Student achievement – includes growth, gap analysis, ethnicity analysis, rigor, etc.
Transportation – miles driven w/o accidents and arrival on time
Finance – annual operating expenditures and per pupil costs
Human Resources – retention and attendance rates, minority recruitment and employment and employment of highly qualified teachers
Technology – expenditures below industry standards, on-line delivery success, service calls, etc.
Facilities – building expenditures, energy savings, preventive maintenance, etc.
Stakeholder Satisfaction – parent and student perception surveys