Benchmarking Tools
Benchmarking
Benchmarking Goal: Provide programs with a way to improve their organizational performance.
With CAHME’s Benchmarking toolset, programs can compare their performance holistically to other programs. Leading programs have found that benchmarking helps to:
- Overcome resistance to change.
- Provide a structure for external evaluation.
- Create new networks of communication between schools where valuable information and experiences can be shared.
How does my program compare to a user-defined peer group?
C-Benchmarks allows the user to compare their program’s outcomes and characteristics to a user-defined peer group. CARB can be found within the CAHME Annual Report Editor (CARE).
What does the three year data trend look like for any specific CAHME program?
Advance is a publicly available tool accessed through the CAHME website. Advance shows a program’s 3-year data trend or compares data for for up to 3 selected programs.
How do I create a compensation strategy for faculty?
Within CAHME’s Annual Faculty Editor (CAFE), programs enter compensation data for their program’s faculty. Participating programs receive access to CAHME’s C-Comp report. By examining percentile and normative compensation data, adjusted by a Cost of Living Index, program leaders can create a compensation strategy.
What are the most compared programs to my program on CAHME’s Advance Search Tool?
C-Peers shows the user the top 10 compared programs to their program, based on the public users of CAHME’s Advance Search tool. C-Peers can be found within the CAHME Annual Report Editor (CARE).
How can I see a multi-year trend of a user-defined peer group?
C-Trends allows the user to see the three-year data trend of Annual Report data for a user-defined peer group. C-Trends can be found within the CAHME Annual Report Editor (CARE).
What are characteristics of faculty within a user-defined peer group?
C-Faculty allows the user to analyze faculty characteristics for a user-defined peer group. C-Faculty can be found within the CAHME Annual Report Editor (CARE).
For More Information:
Stacey Rowand
Associate Vice President of Information Systems
301-298-1820 ext. 700
srowand@cahme.org