Michiel S. de Vries
Performance measurement and the search for best practices
Radboud University Nijmegen
current performance measurement methods acontextual unable measure effectiveness policies usually result rankings measure extent policy problem fail reveal anything substantive quality policies equally unhelpful search best practices goal article develop validate mixed method performance measurement combination statistical analysis residue analysis case study approach considers policy context relates outcomes policies provides guidance systematic search best practices article approach tested one problems mentioned millennium development goals eg literacy rates points practitioners many practitioners struggle question determine whether performance expectations classic performance measures give distorted view question using method introduced article might give better picture robustness effectiveness performance traditional performance measures adapts adversity context circumstances policies come