ERIC Number: EJ985000
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Aug
Pages: 17
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Educational Accountability and Students with a Disability in Australia
Dempsey, Ian; Conway, Robert
Australian Journal of Education, v49 n2 p152-168 Aug 2005
One of the outcomes of regular education reform in Australia has been the development of a national testing program for school students. This article examines the degree to which students with a disability participate in this testing, and the extent to which the testing of students with a disability may help to achieve the National Goals of Schooling in this country. Several international comparisons with the Australian situation are made. A number of recommendations are made to facilitate the participation of students with a disability in national testing as a means of achieving the goal of educational equity for these students.
Descriptors: Disabilities, Equal Education, Accountability, Testing, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Testing Programs, Educational Objectives, Comparative Education, Definitions, Student Placement
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Canada; New Zealand; United Kingdom; United States
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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