Performance outcomes which do not meet the agreed annual targets or are extraordinary compared with previous outcomes or performance improvement trends from previous years must be accompanied by an explanatory comment. All performance reports need to be signed by an independent indigenous representative, such as a representative of the state or territory indigenous education consultative body.

Where an education authority does not meet performance targets and where there is no significant improvement for indigenous students within a given time period, the framework would include:

(1) provisions for the Commonwealth minister to take appropriate measures to assist education authorities to meet the targets;

(2) provision to strategically apply the appropriate remedial measures so as to maximise improvement in the educational outcomes for students; and

(3) a range of measures that provide the minister with the flexibility and scope to apply the most appropriate measures.