Accountability Report

Appendices

Appendix C
Performance Measures - Budget Bill H-3371.(3)(a)

(3)(a) Each institution receiving appropriations under sections 604 through 609 of this act shall submit plans for achieving measurable and specific improvements in academic years 1997-98 and 1998-99 to the higher education coordinating board. The plans, to be prepared at the direction of the board, shall be submitted by August 15, 1997 (for academic year 1997-98) and June 30, 1998 (for academic year 1998-99). The following measures and goals will be used for the 1997-99 biennium:

1. Undergraduate graduation efficiency index:

   For students beginning as freshmen	95
   For transfer students	90

2. Undergraduate student retention, defined as the percentage of all undergraduate students who return for the next year at the same institution, measured from fall to fall:

   Research universities	95%
   Comprehensive universities and colleges	90%

3. Graduation rates, defined as the percentage of an entering freshmen class at each institution that graduates within five years:

   Research universities	65%
   Comprehensive universities and colleges	55%

4. A measure of faculty productivity, with goals and targets in accord with the legislative intent to achieve measurable and specific improvements, to be determined by the higher education coordinating board, in consultation with the institutions receiving appropriations under sections 604 through 609 of this act.

5. An additional measure and goal to be selected by the higher education coordinating board for each institution, in consultation with each institution.

(3)(b) Academic year 1995-96 shall be the baseline year against which performance in academic year 1997-98 shall be measured. Academic year 1997-98 shall be the baseline year against which performance in academic year 1998-99 shall be measured. The difference between each institution's baseline year and the state-wide performance goals shall be calculated and shall be the performance gap for each institution for each measure for each year. The higher education coordinating board shall set performance targets for closing the performance gap for each measure for each institution. Performance targets shall be set at levels that reflect meaningful and substantial progress towards the state-wide performance goals. Each institution shall report to the higher education coordinating board on its actual performance achievement for each measure for academic year 1997-98 by June 30, 1998, except that performance reporting for the student retention measure shall be completed by October 15, 1998.

Accountability Report Appendices

Provost's Committee on Accountability
provost@u.washington.edu
June 1997