Accountability

Accountability
State law assigns the Higher Education Coordinating Board responsibility to “establish an accountability monitoring and reporting system” for higher education in Washington. State law also specifies that the “board shall approve biennial performance targets for each four-year institution and the community and technical college system, and shall review actual achievements annually.”

The new accountability framework for baccalaureate institutions will include two distinct categories of performance indicators.

• One category will have associated performance targets.
• The other category of performance indicators will not require associated targets, but performance will be monitored and data on results will be reported.

The proposed framework includes additional guidance to institutions than was previously given concerning the magnitude of improvement the HECB and Office of Financial Management expect and hope to see on performance indicators.