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The Empirical Grounding of System Performance Measurements

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Traditional econometric/statistical methods of performance measurement are unable to account for the complexity in educational systems. Oversimplified performance measures can lead to organizational pathologies. Performance measures that retain empirical grounding in systems-in-transition need to be developed.

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  1. Monterey Peninsula College, 980 Fremont, Monterey, CA, 93940, USA

    Bela Antal Banathy

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  1. Instructional Systems Technology Department, Indiana University, School of Education, W. W. Wright Education Building, 3rd and Jordan, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA

    Charles M. Reigeluth  & Jeannette R. Olson  & 

  2. International Systems Institute and Saybrook Graduate School, 25781 Morse Drive, Carmel, California, 93923, USA

    Bela H. Banathy

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Banathy, B.A. (1993). The Empirical Grounding of System Performance Measurements. In: Reigeluth, C.M., Banathy, B.H., Olson, J.R. (eds) Comprehensive Systems Design: A New Educational Technology. NATO ASI Series, vol 95. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58035-2_7

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