Try, test and learn evaluation - interim report

This Interim Report of the Try, Test and Learn (TTL) Fund evaluation commissioned by the Australian Department of Social Services focusses on 14 tranche 1 TTL projects. A second tranche of TTL projects started one year later. The evaluation methodology follows an embedded mixed methods research design, integrating qualitative methods into a quasi-experimental design. This Interim Report assesses the establishment of the TTL Fund and the progress of TTL project implementation using 1 January 2018 – 30 June 2019 quantitative administrative data, 14 group interviews with tranche 1 project service providers and their available progress reports. It presents initial descriptive outcomes and comments on the adequacy of the administrative data for answering the evaluation questions.