Data for this project were gathered from organizations whose purposes are to serve community colleges, from representatives of state community college systems and from published reports and books about the topic. The majority of the data was compiled in the last two years and all within the last 5 years. The summary findings were presented in a report with the same title. A summary of commonly used indicators Suggested criteria for performance based indicators in New York State Suggested performance indicators for New York State Performance indicators used by states that have similar funding patterns to New York State Performance indicators used by states with large budgets but with dissimilar funding patterns to New York State Performance indicators that could be identified in all states Community college system funding patterns for all states Performance indicators have only recently been adopted by states for use in the funding process of community colleges. For most states, it is too soon to know how performance based funding will affect the overall accountability and effectiveness of the community colleges or their success in achieving their mission.
States vary a great deal in how they use indicators in the funding processes.
The processes associated with actual selection and implementations of the indicators are complex and tied closely to the political processes in each state.