Joy Cumming|Elizabeth Dickson
Educational accountability tests, social and legal inclusion approaches to discrimination for students with disability: a national case study from Australia
abstract un convention rights persons disability promotes equal full participation children education equity educational access students including students disability free discrimination firststated national goal australian education australian federal disability discrimination law disability discrimination act 1992 follows convention federal disability standards education 2005 enacting specific requirements education article discusses equity processes inclusion students disability australian educational accountability testing including international tests many countries participate conclusion drawn equitable inclusion students disability current australian educational accountability testing occurring social perspective principle compliant law however given reluctance courts intervene education matters uncertainty outcome court consideration discussion shows equitable inclusion accountability systems available policy change rather expensive possibly unsuccessful legal challenges keywords australiaeducational accountabilitystudents disabilityinclusionlegal complianceantidiscrimination law notes 1 small percentage students complete tests pisa using standard forms example australia 107 students functional intellectual disability recorded participating pisa 2003 oecd citation2007 181 however recognition assessment adjustment needs validity outcomes questionable