Sample Program Goal, Objectives and Activities Worksheet
When developing performance measures it is important to have a thorough understanding of a program's overall goal, objectives and activities. This knowledge will help ensure that the developed performance measures can be used to capture data related to activities that are carried out in order to meet the specific objectives and, ultimately, the program's overall goal. Below are several examples and a link to a blank worksheet that can be downloaded and used to tie objectives and activities to the program goal and to identify potential performance measures, required data, data sources, and timeframes.
A blank Performance Measurement Worksheet is available for download.
Example 1
| Goal | Reduce Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) use among students |
| Program Objective | Increase the assessment of drug-related knowledge |
| Activity 1 | Identify or create a valid instrument to measure drug-related knowledge |
| Activity 2 | Administer the instrument to all students participating in the program |
| Performance Measure 1 | Percentage of students entering the program this quarter completing an approved drug-related knowledge pretest prior to beginning the program |
| Measure Type | Process Measure |
| Data Sources | School/Program records |
| Timeframe | Prior to beginning the program |
| Reporting Frequency | Quarterly |
| Data Grantee Provides | Total number of students in the program Total number of students that completed an approved drug-related knowledge pretest prior to beginning the program |
Example 2
| Goal | Reduce Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) use among students |
| Program Objective | Improve refusal and resistance skills of students who participated in the program |
| Activity 1 | Administer pretest to students |
| Activity 2 | Deliver life skills curriculum designed to increase refusal and resistance skills |
| Activity 3 | Administer posttest to students |
| Performance Measure 2 | The percent of students exhibiting increase refusal and resistance skills (as measured by pretest and posttest) upon program completion. |
| Measure Type | Outcome Measure |
| Data Sources | Program pretest and posttest records |
| Timeframe | Upon program completion |
| Reporting Frequency | Quarterly |
| Data Grantee Provides | Total number of students who participate in the program Total number students completing the pretest and posttest designed to measure refusal and resistance skills Total number students exhibiting improved test scores between the pretest and posttest |