SMART Goals

SMART Goals



SMART goals are: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timely. Below is a list of

ten sample SMART goals that were created by States at the NRS Regional training in the

summer of 2008 titled, Building and Sustaining Quality in NRS Data: Strategies for Program

Improvement.





1 Increase the number of students who intentionally declare the goal of “Enter Employment”

by 25% by year end FY09.

2 Increase statewide total completion percentages by 3% by close of 2009-2010.

3 Move 50% of local programs (22) at or above 70% benchmark by end of FY2010. (The

State wants 70% of students entering a program to stay 12+ hours and have a pre-test.)

4 Increase the setting and reporting of employment goals by 10% over the next year (PY

2008-2009).

5 The State will improve its statewide performance at the ABE High Intermediate and ASE

Low levels by 10% over the next two years through: Research and Dissemination; Targeted

Technical Assistance; and Statewide/Regional Training.

6 All low performing adult education programs will use data to inform their instruction and

exceed the State’s negotiated ABE performance benchmarks by PY 2011. Specific goals

include: 65% of low performing programs will exceed the State’s benchmark by end of PY

2010; and, all programs will exceed the State’s benchmarks by end of PY 2011.

7 Fifty-five percent (20 of 36) of local programs will meet the state performance target for

pre/posttesting of 60% of fundable students by the end of fiscal year 2008-2009. This will

represent a 67% increase in the number of programs meeting this state performance goal.

(33% met the goal in 2007 [12 of 36 programs]).

8 Improve the completion rate for ESL Beginning Literacy: 100% of programs

underperforming in Beginning Literacy ESL will conduct analysis of state and local NRS

data by October 1, 2008 and develop a Program Improvement Plan by November 1, 2008.

9 Increase the percentage of learners who remain in programs 12 or more hours in FY 08-09

by 25%.