What is a Performance Indicator?
Performance indicator is a way to focus on specific expectation of a program. It facilitate the curriculum delivery, strategies, and assessment procedures. The first step is to decide on the student outcomes. Student outcomes are most likely communicated to students in the program description and are stated in terms of that inform the students about the general purpose of the program and expectations of the faculty.
Student outcomes are intended to provide general information about the focus of student learning and are broadly stated of the outcome, not measurable. On the other hand, performance indicator are concrete measurable performance students must meet as indicators of achievement. Performance indicators are developed from program outcomes.
Performance Indicators indicate what concrete actions should student be able to perform as a result of participation in the program. In the case of the teacher education programs in the Philippines, the program description and program outcomes (which is translated in the competency standards) were provided by the Commision on Higher Education. Looking at the competency standards (where competency is the capability to apply set of related knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform task/s in a defined work setting) stated in CMO 30 s., 2004, school may create their performance indicators. In creating performance indicators, these two elements must be present: action verb and content (referent). This means that the expected behavior must be specified by name, using an observable action verb such as demonstrate, interpret, discriminate or define.
Example: Student will be able to describe the problem solving process (comprehension)
