The Performance Report is an accountability initiative addressing important indicators and outcome measures that are built around the Policy Areas from the Illinois Board of Higher Educations' Illinois Commitment. The Illinois Commitment was developed based on the premise that higher education must be part of the process of providing a foundation for Illinois' future by enhancing the social, economic, and civic well-being of the state and its residents. The Policy Areas for the Illinois Commitment, addressed in this report, include: (1) Economic Growth: Higher education will help Illinois sustain strong economic growth through teaching, service, and research; (2) P-20 Partnerships/Teaching and Learning: Higher education will join elementary and secondary education to improve teaching and learning at all levels; (3) Affordability: No Illinois resident will be denied an opportunity for a college education because of financial need; (4) Access and Diversity: Illinois will increase the number and diversity of residents completing training and education programs; (5) High Quality: Illinois colleges and universities will be accountable for providing high quality academic programs and the systematic assessment of student learning outcomes while holding students to ever higher expectations for learning and growth; and (6) Accountability and Productivity: Illinois colleges and universities will continually improve productivity, cost effectiveness, and accountability. This document reports on the performance indicators for 2005 for each of these policy areas, showing accomplishments and challenges. The pledges in the Illinois Community College System's Promise for Illinois intentionally complement the goals. This report lists those pledges. Appendix A contains Mission-Specific Goals Selected by College. A subset of Illinois Commitment Policy Areas are focused on for the narrative portion of the Performance Report based on a rotating schedule. For the 2005 report, the narrative focus will be on the following Policy Areas: P-20 Partnerships Improving Teaching and Learning (Policy Area Two), Affordability (Policy Area Three), and Access and Diversity (Policy Area Four). While more targeted narrative reporting was required on these three Policy Areas, data reporting was required across all six Policy Areas. Institutional level community college Performance Reports included data and analysis on Common Institutional and Mission-specific Indicators. Information was also provided on local level Accomplishments, Challenges, Plans and Goals. Appendix B contains Common Measure Goal Statement.