In the light of an increasing interest in the accountability of public institutions, this paper sets
out the statistical issues involved in making quantitative comparisons between institutions in …

Attempts to measure the quality with which institutions such as hospitals and universities
carry out their public mandates have gained in frequency and sophistication over the last …

In the UK, interest in measuring the performance of higher education institutions has
developed as part of an increasing performance culture in the public sector. This paper …

Abstract 'Funnel plots' are recommended as a graphical aid for institutional comparisons, in
which an estimate of an underlying quantity is plotted against an interpretable measure of its …

When a study produces estimates for many units or categories a common problem is that
end‐users will wish to make their own comparisons among a subset of these units. This …

The growth in importance of performance assessment in education over recent years has
been linked with a concern to ensure that the service represents 'value for money'. To date …

Universities in Australia have undergone profound changes over the past fifteen years,
primarily as a result of changes in Federal Government policies and the growth in overseas …

The paper focuses on the empirical evidence on the use and usefulness of performance
measures in the public sector. It begins with consideration of the features of the public sector …

As higher education enrollments continue expanding, public funding is becoming
increasingly scarce. In light of this, many policymakers have come to openly question …

Interest has been increasing in many countries in assessing performance of higher
education institutions (and also departments within institutions). Two important reports in the …