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| Introducing Oregon Benchmarks |
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Oregon Benchmarks (OBMs) measure progress towards Oregon´s strategic vision, Oregon Shines. Its goals are three-fold:
- Quality jobs for all Oregonians
- Safe, caring and engaged communities
- Healthy, sustainable surroundings
Benchmarks are organized into seven categories: economy, education, civic engagement, social support, public safety, community development and environment.
These measures help to provide the long view perspective in solving economic, social and environmental problems. In addition, Oregon Benchmarks are used for a broad array of policymaking and budget-related activities. Oregon state agencies are required to link their key performance measures to them. Student achievement benchmarks are the cornerstone of Oregon´s educational reform initiatives. State-local planning processes, like Oregon´s innovative Partners for children and Families program, use benchmarks to focus collaborative efforts. County governments and community organizations use benchmarks to help gauge their progress.
Biennial Benchmark Reports
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| Current OBM Update Process |
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Since 2008 the board has taken an incremental approach toward revising benchmarks. This approach includes working with benchmark contacts and other stakeholders on developing benchmark indicators that best reflect the guidelines of the Oregon Benchmark Criteria (doc). Proposed changes are discussed through the board's Assessment Committee and approved by the full Board.
When targets are revised contacts and board staff utilize the Target Setting Protocol (doc) to develop 2010 and 2015 benchmark targets, which are in turn proposed to the Assessment Committee.
Transparancy is an utmost concern when revising benchmarks and all benchmark changes are documented on the board's Assessment Committee page as well as linked to the online benchmark report under section 2 - Benchmark-related documents.
The next wholesale benchmark review and revision is an integral part of the next itteration of Oregon Shines, tenitively titled OSIII.
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| 2006 OBM Update Process |
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Update Survey
As in 2004, the Oregon Progress Board developed two surveys to gather public input on its 90 Oregon Benchmarks in June 2006. The Invitation Survey was sent to the Board's email list of approximately 1800 people. The Public Survey was posted on the home pages of the Board and some of its partners and was publicized in the media.
Invitation Survey (205 respondents)
Public Survey (48 respondents)
Survey Analysis
Below are staff analysis (in progress) that will be reviewed by the Assessment Committee and eventually acted on by the Progress Board.
Economy (doc)
Education (doc)
Civic Engagement (doc)
Social Support (doc)
Public Safety (doc)
Community Development (doc)
Environment (doc)
Although the Progress Board appreciated all comments in the above documents, the ones in yellow highlight are those that staff felt are actionable. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at Progress.Board@state.or.us.
Board Action
Staff worked with the board's Assessment Committe to prepare recommendations for board action at the October 26, 2006 board meeting.
Assessment Committee Recommendations (xls)
Action by Benchmark (pdf)
The following document lists the new numbers and wording of all benchmarks after board action at the October 26, 2006 meeting.
Benchmarks for 2007 (doc) - not printer friendly
Benchmark Criteria and Target Setting Protocol
In order to make transparent its decision-making in the 2006 Benchmark Update process, on July 27th the Progress Board approved Oregon Benchmark Criteria (doc).
Benchmark contacts: if a proposed change to a benchmark requires changing the targets, use the Target Setting Protocol (doc) as a guide to propose new targets to the board.
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| 2004 OBM Update Process |
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Benchmark Update Surveys
In the spring of 2004, the Oregon Progress Board conducted two surveys designed to gather public input on the current set of 90 Oregon Benchmarks. The first survey was sent to the Board´s email list of approximately 1500 people. The second survey was additionally publicized through the media. You may view the data here: Survey I (April 2004) and Survey II (May 2004).
Survey Analysis
The staff analysis of the survey data (pdf) that was presented to the Progress Board at the July Meeting.
Board Action
The September, December and January (2005) Progress Board meetings are devoted to benchmark updates.
Staff work and board action by benchmark (xls), updated on December 3, 2004 based on the action taken at the December 2nd board meeting.
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