Outcome objectives are more specific statements of the goals. They describe measurable end products for each goal - the desired knowledge, skills, behavior, or attitudes that a target group of students should display in a given time period. Examples of outcomes are as follows:

• Third-graders participating in the peer-tutoring program will show progress next year on at least two of four selected criteria.
• Over the next school year, our middle school students' discipline referral rate will decrease by 25 percent from last year's discipline referral rate.
• Next year, the number of parents reporting they were meaningfully involved in their high school children's education will increase by 20 percent.

When drafting outcome objectives, consider the following guidelines:

1. For each goal, identify the target group to which it applies. For students, this typically means specifying grade levels.

2. Think about the different types of evidence to gather that might indicate whether a goal has been accomplished. For example, improved student achievement could be documented in the following ways:

   • Measures of proficiency on state standards
   • Norm-referenced achievement tests
   • Portfolio or alternative assessments
   • Grade-point averages
   • Failure rates
   • Teacher-developed classroom assessments

3. Select the most appropriate measures, which often means the most readily available measures. Think about how much change is reasonable to expect and over what period of time.

4. As shown below, combine responses to 1, 2, and 3 into an objective specifying who will do what, by when, and how it will be measured.

   Who >>	The number of 1st- through 5th-grade students who meet the state standards in reading
   Will do what >>	will increase by 25%
   When >>	over the next two years
   As measured by >>	on the statewide standards assessment

5. Write as many outcome objectives as appropriate to measure accomplishment of each goal.