A revolution is taking place around the country in the way progress onEvery Child Matters is measured.
Many councils are moving from self- assessment processes based aroundefficiency to measurement of success based on outcomes. And now it seemsthe Government is drawing up its own plans to create a nationalframework to measure progress on meeting the five Every Child Mattersoutcomes (Children Now, 18-24 April).
Some councils have been implementing a similar process, known asOutcomes-Based Accountability, for some years after it was introduced byAmerican Mark Friedman, director of the Fiscal Policy Studies Institutein Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Outcomes-Based Accountability aims to establish what outcomes are soughtfor children and what improvements in their welfare would be required toachieve them. It can pinpoint specific problems and their potentialcauses, and look at ways of addressing them.
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