Which item is NOT a general type of overall time standard?

• A. A fixed number of courtroom calendars per year
• B. A specified acceptable median age of cases at disposition
• C. A maximum time interval between filing and disposition
• D. A specified percentage of cases concluded within a stated interval after filing

Answer: (A)

Time standards focus on how long cases take and what share meet defined time goals. A fixed number of courtroom calendars per year is not a time-based goal; it’s a scheduling quantity—it limits or plans how many calendars are used, not how long dispositions should take or what percentage of cases must be resolved within a given period.

The other options describe time-oriented targets: a median age of cases at disposition sets the typical time to resolve, a maximum time interval between filing and disposition sets a hard deadline, and a specified percentage of cases concluded within a stated interval defines a performance goal expressed as a rate within a timeframe. These are measuring timeliness directly, unlike counting calendars.