Performance Monitoring and Evaluation TIPS USAID Center for Development Information and Evaluation SELECTING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Whereas a results statement identifies what we hope to accomplish, indicators tell us specifically what to measure to determine whether the objective has been achieved. Indicators are usually quantitative measures but may also be qualitative observations. They define how performance will be measured along a scale or dimension, without specifying a particular level of achievement. (Planned levels of achievement -targets -are separate from the indicators themselves).