Indicators should be as useful next year as they are today. Indicators should be easily measured by a variety of people and across time. Measures developed from the present indicators should be able to be compared to measures developed from similar indicators in the past. A benchmark is a specific target. If, for example, you are evaluating a relatively small initiative that is funding the purchase of new equipment, you would not expect the student to computer ratio to increase to the same extent as it might in a program that provides more extensive funding.
Baselines also are important.
They help establish the amount of change one can realistically expect. Let's assume that the purpose of the program you are evaluating is to improve student reading. To set an appropriate benchmark, you would need to determine student performance before the program began. Indicators Benchmarks Intermediate Increasing numbers of teachers will be trained to integrate technology into their teaching. Teachers will learn how to integrate technology into their teaching.