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Douglas, Graeme; McLinden, Mike; Robertson, Christopher; Travers, Joseph; Smith, Emma – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2016
The assessment of educational progress and outcomes of pupils is important to all concerned with education. This includes testing which is undertaken for accountability and award bearing purposes. This article examines how students with special educational needs and disability (SEND) are included in assessment. An "inclusive assessment"…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Cross Cultural Studies, Mainstreaming
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Leung, Constant – Language and Education, 2016
The school population in England is linguistically diverse; according to official data, over one million pupils do not speak English as their first language. All teachers are expected to support English as an additional language (EAL) development as part of their professional responsibility. At the same time, there has been little specific…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Educational Policy
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Cumming, J. Joy; Dickson, Elizabeth – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2013
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability promotes equal and full participation by children in education. Equity of educational access for all students, including students with disability, free from discrimination, is the first-stated national goal of Australian education. Australian federal disability discrimination law, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Inclusion, Mainstreaming
Allen, Liz – 1987
This pamphlet chronicles the study of Kirsty Arrondelle, an 11-year-old girl with Down's Syndrome, focusing on her attendance at a local infants school in Berkshire (England), her later acceptance at a primary school in Hertfordshire, and her preparation for transfer to secondary school. It details the struggle of Kirsty's parents to have her…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Attitudes, Admission (School), Downs Syndrome