sense benchmarking and benchmarks 3-29-10 - gavilan college · 2020-06-30 · center for community...
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What Are Benchmark Scores?
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SENSE: Quantitative and Qualitative Data
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Digging Deeper: Exploring the Data
External Comparisons
Internal Comparisons
Start with the benchmarks
Look at individual survey items associated with the benchmarks.
Disaggregate the data .
1. Losing sight of the overarching goal.
2. Focusing exclusively on external comparisons.
3. Settling for merely better than average.
4. Failing to look behind the numbers.
5. Overlooking the opportunity to learn from others.
6. Confusing benchmarking with ranking.
7. Ignoring — or hiding behind — context.
8. Looking for someone to blame.
9. Believing that small-scale success solves big-scale problems.
10. Making everything (or nothing) a priority.
Ten Common Benchmarking Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
The Center Opposes Ranking
SENSE Website
Detailed SENSE ndings,
Accreditation toolkits,
Focus group toolkit,
Tools for using SENSE,
Entering Student Success Institute
SENSE
SENSE and Student Engagement