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On Educational Performance Measures [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 AbstractQuantitative performance measures (QPMs) of schools are playing an ever‐larger role in education systems on both sides of the Atlantic. In this paper, we outline the rationale for the use of such measures in education, review the literature relating to several important problems associated with their use and argue that they nonetheless have a ...
Muriel, Alastair, Smith, Jeffrey A.
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Financial Accountability & Management, 2023 AbstractThis paper develops a performativist metaphysical grounding of NPM‐based performance measurement as a radical alternative to a representationalist grounding, an alternative that turns performance measurement on its head. Performance measurement turns from an act of representation characterized by a metaphor of reflection into an ethical ...
Ed Vosselman, Ivo De Loo
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Performance Measures in Neuroradiology [PDF]
American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2007 Performance measurement has been added to the Medicare payment scheme as of July 2007. Two performance measures are applicable to neuroradiology, pertaining to brain and vascular imaging in stroke. These measures are early attempts to rigorously define the meaning of effective performance of neuroradiology.
D, Seidenwurm +6 more
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Multitasking and Performance Measurement [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 In a principal-agent setting, we consider a combined problem of multitasking and performance measurement. The principal can choose to reward the agent both directly for providing effort into a specific activity, and based on the outcome delivered to the principal.
Nannerup, Niels, Olsen, Kasper Krogh
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The Performance of Performance Measurement [PDF]
Health Services Research, 2007 Continued increases in health care expenditures, coupled with incontrovertible evidence of a substantial gap between the best possible care and that which is routinely delivered, have motivated a growing interest in the use of performance measurement to drive clinical improvements and inform choices made by purchasers and consumers.
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Performance Measurement and Evaluation [PDF]
, 2008 We consider performance measurement and evaluation for managed funds. Similarities and differences−both in econometric practice and in interpretation of outcomes of empirical tests−between performance measurement and conventional asset pricing models are analyzed.
Allan Timmermann, Bruce N. Lehmann
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Measurement of pacemaker performance [PDF]
American Heart Journal, 1966 Abstract Entirely satisfactory treatment of complete heart block has been prevented by an inability to measure pacemaker function after implantation. Two major problems can be identified in the long-term management of pacemaker patients: first, adequate prediction of when a pacemaker will fail; and second, accurate diagnosis of the type of pacemaker ...
Preston, Thomas A. +3 more
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Measuring performance in the NHS
BMJ, 1998 Last Wednesday the government launched its consultation paper on assessing performance,1 the latest element of its strategy to reform the NHS.2 It proposes moving from a narrow focus on activity and financial targets to a wider view of what the NHS is seeking to achieve and suggests a framework for achieving it.
M, McKee, T, Sheldon
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Measuring Scorecard Performance [PDF]
, 2004 In this paper, we look at ways to measure the classification performance of a scoring system and the overall characteristics of a scorecard. We stick to the idea that we will measure the scoring system by how well it classifies, which are still problems in measuring its performance.
Zheng Yang, Yue Wang, Yu Bai, Xin Zhang
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Measurement Of Innovation Performance
, 2014 Time full of changes which is associated with globalization, tougher competition, changes in the structures of markets and economic downturn, that all force companies to think about their competitive advantages. These changes can bring the company a competitive advantage and that can help improve competitive position in the market.
M. Chobotová, Ž. Rylková
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