Performance Indicators in the Best Value Approach

The Economics of Managerialism and the Drive for Value for Money in Policing: Best Value Performance Indicators vs. Efficiency Rankings

The UK has recently proposed to develop a set of criteria whereby the economic analysis of police force efficiency is to be made standard. This follows a strategy of aiming for improvement through managerialism and Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPIs), similar to those implemented by US police forces after the Government Performance and Results Act 1993. In this paper we attempt to put thi...

the role of application of dynamic assessment approach in improvement of iranian efl writing performance at different language proficiency levels

the present study sought to investigate the role of dynamic assessment (da) in improvement of iranian efl writing performance at different language proficiency levels. to this end, after conducting the quick placement test, 60 iranian efl learners were assigned to two groups with different language proficiency levels. in both groups each participant wrote two compositions, one before and one af...

The Value of Performance Indicators to Spatial Data Infrastructure Development

The successful implementation of the next generation of spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) will, in part, depend on the ability of SDI program coordinators to comprehend and report on the success or failure levels of the previous generations of SDIs. This is important from both a funding and an effectiveness perspective. From an effectiveness point of view, the performance of a system can only...

Value-Added Indicators of School Performance In Milwaukee

the relationship between learners critical thinking ability and their performance in the reading sections of the tofel and ielts test

the study reflected in this thesis aims at finding out relationships between critical thinking (ct), and the reading sections of tofel and ielts tests. the study tries to find any relationships between the ct ability of students and their performance on reading tests of tofel and academic ielts. however, no research has ever been conducted to investigate the relationship between ct and the read...