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Baldrige in Education: Performance Excellence Delivers World-Class Results

Performance Excellence Delivers World-Class Results Education

Baldrige in Education: Performance Excellence Delivers World-Class Results PDF

CEO Issue Sheet

Why would an education organization use the Baldrige Excellence Framework (Education) as a management model and performance measurement framework?  To improve—and to improve their results.  Baldrige Award recipients in the education sector use the Criteria to achieve superior results in these areas:

  • student learning outcomes
  • student- and stakeholder-focused outcomes
  • budgetary, financial, and market outcomes
  • faculty and staff outcomes
  • organizational effectiveness outcomes
  • leadership and social responsibility outcomes

Resources

Baldrige by Sector: Education

Contacts

  • Baldrige Customer Service
    (301) 975-2036
    NIST/BPEP
    100 Bureau Drive, M/S 1020
    Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1020
Created January 27, 2010, Updated August 21, 2025
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