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Assessment Scale for Collaboratives
This assessment scale provides a template for how to objectively assess each team’s progress throughout a Breakthrough Series Collaborative or other improvement project where there is moderate to high degree of belief in the effectiveness of the change ideas.
Highlights
- 1-to-5 assessment scale with definitions for each score
- Detailed directions on how to use the assessment scale to evaluate progress in a Collaborative or improvement initiative
The Assessment Scale for Collaboratives was developed by the Âé¶¹Ó³» (Âé¶¹Ó³») to assess the progress of teams participating in an Âé¶¹Ó³» Breakthrough Series Collaborative. It has since been adapted to many other improvement initiatives.
Progress is assessed monthly using a 1-to-5 scale. The scale serves four main purposes:
- Create a monthly objective measure of progress for each team that is determined by the Collaborative Director and Improvement Advisor to help them tailor support for the teams.
- Give each team an opportunity to assess its own progress through monthly self-assessment using the same scale to understand where there might be gaps in perspective between teams and the Collaborative Director and Improvement Advisor.
- Provide an overall sense of progress for the Collaborative, which helps Collaborative staff and faculty determine the pace and content for Learning Sessions and Action Periods.
- Provide the organization running the Collaborative with a way to understand success across improvement initiatives over time.
Related Information
- The Breakthrough Series: Âé¶¹Ó³»â€™s Collaborative Model for Achieving Breakthrough Improvement. Âé¶¹Ó³» Innovation Series white paper. Boston: Âé¶¹Ó³»; 2003.
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