INCLUSIVA: Assessment to improve the school response to diversity

Authors

  • Osvaldo Almarza Arce Universidad Central de Chile

Keywords:

Assessment, Inclusion, Diversity, Special education needs, School improvement

Abstract


The great challenge of the education system, is to develop more inclusive schools that meet the diversity and provide higher quality answers to all pupils, equating the opportunities of groups in a situation of greater vulnerability and disadvantage. In recent years, there have implemented a series of measures aimed at improving the conditions offered by educational establishments to encourage learning and participation of students with special educational needs SEN in education policy. It is not known with certainty how effective these measures are having on the development of these students nor has tools to evaluate quality of the educational response to them offers. The project even as described in this article helps to address this need, which affects nearly 20% of the school population, through a model to evaluate the “Quality of Response to Diversity School Educational Needs of Students” “Credne, to provide valid information to the various levels of the system.

Author Biography

Osvaldo Almarza Arce, Universidad Central de Chile

Con estudios iniciales en Diseño y Arquitectura, a partir de su trabajo en el Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Educación –CIDE–, ha optado por el trabajo educativo, obteniendo el grado de Magíster en Comunicación Social y el DEA en Currículo y Evaluación. Consultor de Fundación Hineni. Investigador y consultor especializado en Educación de Adultos y en la elaboración de Materiales Educativos, es docente de la Universidad Central de Chile.

Published

2008-11-01

How to Cite

Almarza Arce, O. (2008). INCLUSIVA: Assessment to improve the school response to diversity. Latin American Journal of Inclusive Education, 2(1), 129–142. Retrieved from https://revistainclusiva.ucentral.cl/revistainclusiva/article/view/2_1_009

Issue

Section

Temática Libre