Since 1999, the Executive has set out national targets for schools in its Programme for Government documents Making it Work Together and Working Together for Scotland, its spending proposals Making a Difference for Scotland and Building a Better Scotland and its partnership agreement A Partnership for a Better Scotland.Specific performance measures have been developed, following extensive discussion with local authorities, to monitor and evaluate delivery of the National Priorities in Education through the School Improvement Framework, introduced under the Standards in Scotland’s School etc.