Dr. Michael McAfee, Director of the Promise Neighborhoods Institute of PolicyLink, talks about the strong foundation of over 40 years of learning that were utilized to create the results framework that the Promise Neighborhoods program is based upon. The collection of results and use of indicators allows the PNI programs to quantify the return on [...]
The Short Answer Indicators are about whole populations. Performance measures are about client populations. Indicators are usually about peoples' lives, whether or not they receive any service. Performance measures are usually about people who receive service. Indicators are proxies for the well-being of whole populations, and necessarily matters of approximation and compromise. Performance measures are about a known group [...]
The Short Answer 1. Start by assessing the result in terms of everyday experience, what we see hear, or feel about children ready for school or stable families. 2. Brainstorm a list of candidate indicators. Each entry is a data statement, e.g. % of children reading at grade level, rate of foster children per 100,000. [...]
