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King County Benchmarks
Benchmarking as a Strategy for Change

As one of the first and most durable efforts at monitoring outcomes in the public sector, the King County Benchmark Program demonstrates how measurement of broad quality-of-life outcomes can help determine if public policy and programs are making a difference. The purpose of King County’s Benchmark Program is to provide the King County Growth Management Council and other users with a method for:

* Evaluating the progress of the County and its jurisdiction in managing growth, and

* Encouraging and measuring the implementation of the goals outlined in the Countywide Planning Policies

Public outcome monitoring is a strategy for a change: it alerts us to what we are doing well, and to where we need to do better. It is closely connected to both the policy goals that it monitors, and to the strategic planning, programs, and services that are intended to implement those goals. The diagram below is one way of envisioning the interplay of policy, program implementation and outcome monitoring.

To support this process, VMICC will be holding a series of meetings to discuss King County's Benchmarks Progra. Tom Bangasser has created a powerpoint presentation to highlight the places needing Island action Click here to download the presentation. It's a large file, about 1mb. You will need a Powerpoint viewer to open it.