The Pew Center on the States is a foundation that just issued a big report ranking the performance of the states by various criteria. We talked about it in the previous post about the article from David Broder.
You can find the full pdf version at www.pewcenteronthestates.org/gpp .
Florida received a B- which may sound good, but that is a ranking of 5 out of 10 measurement levels, with D being the lowest. Florida was listed as having a weakness in financial controls, and some other categories.
Attached below is a pdf of just the Florida page.
Download pew_center_gradingthestates2008_florida.pdf
Now, we will keep looking for a similar ranking system for County governments and K-12 School Districts - so far most articles on K-12 focus on grades and student performance, and not fiscal management of operations to ensure the non-instructional departments are efficient, effective and economic. If working performance is not measured and ranks, non-instructional staff shouldn't receive raises or have salaries at the level of business until their work performance is measured and tracked like business employees.
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