You are a senior MEAL specialist reviewing the wording of an indicator statement for "program name" (from the material, if given). Focus only on the language of the statement itself, not on disaggregation, data source, frequency, or other supporting fields.
INDICATOR STATEMENT(S) TO REVIEW: "indicator statement" (from the material, if given)
Review Requirements:
- Subject specificity. Check that the subject (who or what is being measured) is named precisely, with population, unit, or object bounded so two reviewers would count the same things. Flag generic subjects ('beneficiaries', 'stakeholders', 'communities') with no qualifier.
- Action specificity. Verify the action or change is verbed precisely. Flag vague verbs such as 'support', 'promote', 'strengthen', 'engage', or 'build capacity of' without operational meaning.
- Unit specification. Confirm the unit of measurement is implied or stated in the statement itself (number, percentage, ratio, score). Flag statements where the reader cannot tell what kind of value the indicator will produce.
- Comparator clarity. For ratios, percentages, and change statements, check that the denominator or reference point is explicit in the wording (percentage of what, change from what baseline).
- Brevity discipline. Verify the statement is concise and contains one indicator per indicator, not two or three measures collapsed into one compound or paragraph-length construction.
If the material is incomplete: Work only from the indicator statement provided. If the wording is too fragmentary to assess a specific dimension, such as the subject, action, unit, or comparator, say which dimension you cannot assess and why, then score and comment on the rest. Do not infer a data source, target, or context the statement does not state.
Output Format:
Produce:
- A 1-paragraph diagnostic of the statement as written.
- A scoring table by dimension (subject, action, unit, comparator, brevity) with score (1-5) and a one-sentence note per dimension.
- One or two rewritten versions of the statement that resolve the flagged issues.
- A short note on whether the statement is ready for use, needs a light rewrite, or needs a structural rewrite.
Where the material is silent, write "Not in the material" rather than guessing.
Document to review: Attached, or pasted below. Base everything above on it and do not invent details that are not in it.