Benchmarking allows institutions to measure progress, highlight strengths, and identify opportunities for improvement—but traditional benchmarking often overlooks nuanced student success measures.

This workshop focuses on using the National Student Clearinghouse’s Postsecondary Data Partnership (PDP) dashboards to benchmark your institution’s student outcomes against meaningful comparison groups. Participants will explore how PDP early momentum and outcomes metrics can be used to contextualize institutional performance, monitor student achievement over time, and inform strategic planning efforts.

Ideal for institutional researchers, assessment professionals, enrollment managers, and anyone seeking to enhance benchmarking practices using student success data.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the value of benchmarking within a student success framework
• Navigate PDP dashboards to access benchmarking tools and comparison group data
• Select appropriate benchmarks for early momentum and outcomes metrics
• Identify institutional strengths, challenges, and opportunities based on benchmarking results
• Integrate benchmarking insights into strategic decision-making and student success initiatives