Our Performance Rating System
To assess performance results against established targets, the Agency applies
a results rating methodology, which has been applied consistently
to its results for FY 2004 and FY 2005. Program managers use
this methodology to assign one of three performance ratings
for a given result. Based on a combination of the established
parameters shown below, managers assign a performance rating
that reflects the extent to which a given target was achieved.
USAID Results Rating Methodology
| Performance Rating |
Below Target |
On Target |
Exceeds Target |
| Criteria |
Parameters |
| Target Status |
Missed FY 2005 target by a significant margin |
Met FY 2005 target |
Significantly exceeded FY 2005 target |
| Budget Status |
Spent significantly over budget |
Spent on budget |
Spent significantly under budget |
| Timeliness |
Missed most critical deadlines |
Met all critical deadlines |
Met most critical deadlines early |
| Impact on Future Operations |
Significantly impairs program's ability to achieve future years' performance targets, requiring major downward revisions to future targets |
No change in program's ability to achieve future years' performance targets |
Significantly improves program's ability to achieve future years' performance targets, requiring major upward increases to future targets |
This methodology represents an important step toward using a standard tool
to evaluate the Agency’s work. However, to correctly
interpret the numerical analysis of the report, it is important
to note the following:
- Target Weights: Beginning in FY 2005 USAID placed weights on targets for
each annual goal to provide USAID with analytical information
regarding the proportionality of targets to the overall
goal achievement.
- No Data Available: The Agency could not report on a large percentage of
its FY 2005 performance results. In the majority of cases
this was due to lagging, calendar year (CY)-based data,
collected through USAID’s Annual Report Database (ARD)
process (which is not available until after mid-December
each calendar year), and is therefore reported as a data
lag. In cases where data estimation techniques could be
applied to certain indicators and targets, those performance
results are included, but are identified as preliminary.
The Agency plans to publish as Addendum to the FY 2005,
in April 2006, which will provide final, validated performance
results information that will be generated on the basis
of the ARD, the Agency’s traditional data collection
and analysis tool that generates performance data in the
December timeframe each year. Each strategic goal chapter
in the Performance Results section includes a table that
identifies the number of Preliminary Results and data lags
associated with that particular strategic goal.
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