Nicholas, Peter2015-04-102015-04-102006-6ACE papers, Issue 17: Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, Paper 7.http://hdl.handle.net/2292/25162These ACE working papers were a publication of the Auckland College of Education and the last of these was produced in 2006.This paper discusses the developments that have taken place in both Britain and New Zealand in response to the endeavours by the respective governments to develop more numerate populations. The British National Numeracy Strategy experience is described and then reference is made to research that assesses its effectiveness in enhancing numeracy. This is followed by a description of the New Zealand experience, the Numeracy Development Project, along with some comparison with the British programme, and finally a discussion of the key differences against research findings is presented to explore which has been more effective.enItems in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htmTechnical Reporthttp://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess