High provided that sustained improvement is the criterion. High data and analysis requirements. Strategic intervention High but dependent on conditions in that the approach aims to target unsatisfactory outcomes in an absolute sense. High in the sense of intervening where effectiveness is low and monitoring the effects of intervention. High level of data collection and regular analysis.
Process involves inference, monitoring and intervention.
Summary Possible approaches to using information about outcomes to guide the allocation of funds provided under the Commonwealth Literacy and Numeracy Program have been described briefly. In Table 1 those approaches have been mapped against the principles of equity and effectiveness. In addition the table records observations about data collection and management requirements.