ERIC Number: EJ784962
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-May
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
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Excellence through Special Education? Lessons from the Finnish School Reform
Kivirauma, Joel; Ruoho, Kari
International Review of Education, v53 n3 p283-302 May 2007
The present article focuses on connections between part-time special education and the good results of Finnish students in PISA studies. After a brief summary of the comprehensive school system and special education in Finland, PISA results are analysed. The analysis shows that the relative amount of special education targeted at language problems is highest in Finland among those countries from which comparative statistics are available. The writers argue that this preventive language-oriented part-time special education is an important factor behind the good PISA results.
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Special Education, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Language Impairments, Comparative Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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