Vol. 6, No.
3 - Summer 2003
Evolution in the Works:
Court Performance Standards
Identifying
the most effective, practical, and feasible court performance standards
continues to be a “work in progress”—but one that has advanced to
the refinement, testing, and review stages.
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NCSC Vice president Dan Hall chairs
the Budget Initiative Committee
“This is, and continues to be, an
evolution,” said Dan Hall, vice president of the National
Center’s Court Consulting Services and chair of the Court
Performance Community of Practice (CoP). The National Center formed
the CoP in 2001 to research and develop practical and doable
performance measurements for state courts. |
The
CoP has worked with the assistance of state court representatives from around
the country and is working in conjunction with the Conference of Chief Justices
and the Conference of State Court Administrators.
After
extensive research, the Court Performance CoP realized that although the 68
measures initially included in the Trial Court Performance Standards are
comprehensive, they are “too
cumbersome and expensive” for the courts to realistically implement, Hall
said. As a result, the committee
currently is narrowing the measures to a more workable number, between 10 and
12. The measures will include the instruments courts can use to implement them.
Testing is the next step, Hall said, and the CoP is in the process of
identifying jurisdictions interested in testing them. To date, North Carolina,
Houston, Joplin, Mo., and Washington, D.C. have expressed interest.
For
more information on the Court Performance Standards, or if your court is
interested in testing the measures, please contact Dan Hall at 303-293-3063.
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