Analysis of User Choice Resourcing Arrangements in March 2004. Working Paper No. 58

This Working Paper contains three sections: the background to existing User Choice resourcing principles and their interrelationships as of March 2004; analysis of the existing arrangements, including their consistency with each other and with the User Choice principles agreed by Ministers; and concluding comments. The author found a considerable measure of consistency in the priorities by which User Choice resources were allocated by the different Australian States and Territories in early 2004. Differences in theoretical approach and in practice, in terms of process structure and resource allocation outcomes were found. Opportunities for improving the learning partnership between different stakeholders are also noted. One attachment, Statement of User Choice Policy (MINCO; November 2003), is included. (Contains 5 tables.) [For companion report, "User Choice Resourcing Arrangements in Australia in March 2004. Working Paper No. 57," see ED505817.]