Benchmarking strategies, methods and technologies in education will help identify best practices of research and teaching. The editors of BIJ welcome contributions or a proposal for special issues on benchmarking in education with the objective of identifying best practices in teaching and research. The following are some of the potential areas of benchmarking in education:. Report bugs here. Please share your general feedback.
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Although the use of comparative data has been used for years in some industries, including higher education, benchmarking as defined today was developed in the early s at the Xerox Corporation in response to increased competition and a rapidly declining market Camp More concisely, benchmarking is an ongoing, systematic process for measuring and comparing the work processes of one organization to those of another, by bringing an external focus to internal activities, functions, or operations Kempner The goal of benchmarking is to provide key personnel, in charge of processes, with an external standard for measuring the quality and cost of internal activities, and to help identify where opportunities for improvement may reside.
As with other quality concepts, benchmarking should be integrated into the fundamental operations throughout the organization and be an ongoing process that analyzes the data collected longitudinally. Benchmarking attempts to answer the following questions:.
Kempner Previously, questions like these may have not have seemed important to institutions of higher education. However, in the competitive and rapidly changing markets of the s characterized by declining enrollments and funding in higher education , organizations are learning never to be satisfied with the status-quo, and to continually question their internal operations and relative position in the eyes of prospective customers.
To answer these questions, several multi-step benchmarking methods have been developed by leading benchmarking practitioners Camp ; Spendolini ; Watson Benchmarking procedures can be condensed into four steps: planning the study, conducting the research, analyzing the data, and adapting the findings to the home institution that is conducting the study.
The first step involves selecting and defining the administrative or teaching process es to be studied, identifying how the process will be measured, and deciding which other institutions to measure against. The third step consists of analyzing the data gathered to calculate the research findings and to develop recommendations.
At this point, the differences or gaps in performance between the institutions being benchmarked help to identify the process enablers that equip the leaders in their high performance.
It is comparable to PISA and measures how well students can apply their mastery of reading, math and science to real world problems. The report compares U. The bad news is that U. American students in the second quarter of socioeconomic advantage — mostly higher middle class — were significantly outperformed by 24 countries in math and by 15 countries in science, the study found. In the third quarter of socioeconomic advantage — mostly lower middle class — U.
But the pilot also exposed some self-deception. This was a golden opportunity to see where we stand — if we have to prepare our kids to succeed not only in this country but in a global marketplace. The challenge is that changes in the world economy keep raising the bar for what our kids need to do to succeed. Even in many cases where students have tested well via standard methods, accurate benchmarking can find weaknesses in understanding that may have been missed otherwise.
Benchmarks have been applauded for their ability to promote reading and writing remediation, as well as improving other academic skills. One heart-warming success story comes from Rimbey, Alberta, Canada. Jodi Bramfield, principal at Rimbey Elementary School, decided to implement a BAS in response to reports that many of her students had been struggling with literacy. When the benchmarking system was implemented, the school discovered that many of their readers were indeed performing poorly.
Fortunately, this assessment style provided accurate feedback, allowing the school to respond with further educational protocols for remediation. In short, the school experienced intensive and exponential growth. Interim assessment an alternative name for BAS should be applied to broad portions of our student populations to ensure that no students are left without proper academic aid. The assessments can vary widely in their approach, although there are advocates who support one-on-one assessment prior to group placement.
This should be a short-term six to eight weeks average and intensive program. In the example above, the school leveraged forty-five minutes of group work for eight weeks. The proper grouping of students allows for many interactive learning opportunities. Teachers will receive support when creating structures and protocols to work efficiently with their selected students.
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