AmeriCorps Program Applicant Performance Measurement Toolkit
Six Steps of Performance Measurement: overview (PDF)* | worksheets | plans | instrument development | data collection | data analysis | reporting & GPR
The purposes of this Performance Measurement Toolkit are to introduce the
concept of performance measurement, provide information on performance
measurement as it applies to AmeriCorps programs, and in particular to
help potential applicants for AmeriCorps funding satisfy the
performance measurement requirements of the application process. This
toolkit describes:
- Performance measurement, outputs, intermediate outcomes, and end
outcomes;
- The minimum requirements the Corporation for National and Community
Service expects AmeriCorps programs to report;
- How the logic model can be used to define desired results and provides
logic model examples;
- What to consider when choosing methods and instruments for performance measurement; and
- How to complete a performance measurement worksheet (DOC).
This toolkit also includes several appendices containing logic model
examples, a glossary of performance measurement terminology, a cross
reference of new and old terms, and a list of additional resources.
This toolkit is intended to help orient you to the kind of thinking you
will have to do to complete the Performance Measurement portion of your
AmeriCorps application. The toolkit is intended to provide you with
helpful background information. However, reliance on this information
cannot guarantee an award, and the toolkit should not be referred to in
your application.
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