Equity in Education [electronic resource]: Students with Disabilities, Learning Difficulties and Disadvantages /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Centre for Educational Research and InnovationContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2004.
This book outlines practices in OECD countries to promote equity in education, that is, to address the needs of students with disabilities, learning difficulties and social disadvantages. The book highlights the number of students involved and where they are educated (special schools, special classes or regular schools). New data are included covering pre-school and upper secondary education and data on gender have also been expanded. The book also includes information on the physical provision and on student/teacher ratios. It includes a comprehensive set of statistics on the different categories of students and indicators of equity. The analysis is based on both quantitative and qualitative data provided by 28 OECD countries and a number of provinces.
Preliminaries; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Development of the Data Collection Instrument; 3 Qualitative Data Analysis; 4 Comparative Analysis of Quantitative Data Based on Categories of Disabilities, Learning Difficulties and Disadvantages; 5 Analysis of the Quantitative Data for Cross-national Categories A, B and C; 6 Additional Analysis of the Quantitative Data; 7 Durther Discussion of Significant Issues; References; Annexes
At head of title: Centre for Educational Research and Innovation.
Includes bibliographical references.
This book outlines practices in OECD countries to promote equity in education, that is, to address the needs of students with disabilities, learning difficulties and social disadvantages. The book highlights the number of students involved and where they are educated (special schools, special classes or regular schools). New data are included covering pre-school and upper secondary education and data on gender have also been expanded. The book also includes information on the physical provision and on student/teacher ratios. It includes a comprehensive set of statistics on the different categories of students and indicators of equity. The analysis is based on both quantitative and qualitative data provided by 28 OECD countries and a number of provinces.
Educational equalization.
Students with disabilities.
Learning disabled.
Poor children
Education
Educational indicators.