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Rating
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"Rating" means evaluating employee or group performance
against the elements and standards in an employee's performance
plan, summarizing that performance, and assigning a rating of record.
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Staff Recommendations (What
to read when you can't read it all.)
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Title
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Description
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Appraisal Program Design(12/95)
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Provides guidance for designing an employee performance appraisal
program.
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Pass/Fail Assessment: An Overview(4/96)
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Describes the concept of pass/fail assessment, illustrates benefits
as well as potential limitations to using pass/fail assessment,
and answers commonly asked questions about this assessment strategy.
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Performance Appraisal for Teams(8/98)
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Describes how critical, non-critical, and additional performance
elements can be used to plan, measure, monitor, rate, and reward
a team's performance.
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Performance Management Program Design
Handbook(12/94)
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Designed to assist agency personnel, managers, employees, and their
representatives work through the redesign of their employee performance
management programs.
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Title
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Description
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360-Degree Assessment: An Overview(9/97)
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An overview of the use of 360-degree feedback. Includes discussion
on sources of input, privacy issues, questions, and answers.
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Pass/Fail Assessment: An Overview(4/96)
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Describes the concept of pass/fail assessment, illustrates benefits
as well as potential limitations to using pass/fail assessment,
and answers commonly asked questions about this assessment strategy.
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Performance Appraisal for Teams(8/98)
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Describes how critical, non-critical, and additional performance
elements can be used to plan, measure, monitor, rate, and reward
a team's performance.
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Performance Management Program Design
Handbook(12/94)
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Designed to assist agency personnel, managers, employees, and their
representatives work through the redesign of their employee performance
management programs.
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Title
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Description
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Appraisal Program Design(12/95)
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Provides guidance for designing an employee performance appraisal
program.
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Appraisal Systems and Appraisal Programs(8/95)
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Describes the differences between employee appraisal systems and
employee appraisal programs.
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Crediting Performance for Reduction
in Force(2/98)
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Explains the requirements and explores flexibilities for assigning
retention credit for performance in a reduction in force.
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Dispelling Myths about Poor
Performers(4/99)
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Describes the findings of OPM's study, "Poor Performers in
Government: A Quest for the True Story," that examines the
common perception that there are too many poor performers in the
Federal Government.
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Improving CPDF's Rating of
Record Data(8/99)
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Presents the rating patterns available to agencies and describes
new edits OPM is implementing to improve the accuracy of the CPDF
database.
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Internet-Based Performance
Management(2/99)
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Describes two agencies' success in using the Internet to post information
on their award and performance appraisal programs, and gives examples
of the type of information they included.
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New Regulations Clarify Rating of
Record Definition(12/98)
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Explains the new regulations on rating of record that were effective
November 4, 1998, and published in the October 5, 1998, Federal
Register.
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OPM Approves New Agency Performance
Appraisal Systems(2/96)
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Describes differences in employee performance appraisal systems
being designed by Federal agencies.
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The Performance Management
Mailbag(supervising for the minimum appraisal period, 8/99)
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Answers the often-asked question about how long an employee must
be under the direction of a supervisor before that supervisor can
write an annual appraisal.
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The Performance Management
Mailbag (rating performance that includes approved absences,
fall/00)
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Explains whether an employee, while out on approved leave, may
be held accountable for a work performance standard in their performance
appraisal.
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The Performance Management
Mailbag(assigning a rating of record, Summer 2001)
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Discusses who has the authority to assign a rating of record.
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Reporting Rating of Record Data to OPM(6/98)
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Explains the current reporting requirements for rating of record
data.
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Update on Performance-Based Actions(8/97)
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Discusses issues dealing with performance-based actions (the reduction
in grade or removal of an employee based solely on performance).
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Using Electronic Signatures
in Performance Appraisal Programs(2/99)
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Describes OPM's electronic signature requirements for automated
performance appraisals.
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Title
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Description
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Balancing Individual and Team
Measures(6/99)
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The National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Mo., shares
its experience with moving to a new performance management program
designed to strike a balance between appraising individual and team
performance.
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Group Performance in Appraisals(6/94)
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Describes agency performance management programs that emphasize
group performance measures.
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