Chan­ging Role of Spe­cia­list Pro­vi­si­on in Sup­port­ing In­clu­si­ve Edu­ca­ti­on — Eva­lua­ti­on of Pha­se 2

Sum­ma­ry

The Chan­ging Role of Spe­cia­list Pro­vi­si­on in Sup­port­ing In­clu­si­ve Edu­ca­ti­on (CROSP) pro­ject is fo­cu­sing on the re-or­ga­ni­sa­ti­on of spe­cia­list, se­pa­ra­te pro­vi­si­on (schools, clas­ses and units) and the per­cei­ved shift in the role of such pro­vi­si­on to sup­port the right to in­clu­si­ve edu­ca­ti­on for all lear­ners.

The pro­ject has two pha­ses:

• Pha­se 1 (2017–2018) co­ver­ed a de­tail­ed map­ping exer­cise on past and cur­rent trends and si­tua­tions in count­ries in re­la­ti­on to spe­cia­list pro­vi­si­on (SP), as well as on per­cei­ved fu­ture trends.
• On the ba­sis of the main out­co­mes of Pha­se 1, Pha­se 2 (2018–2021) will fo­cus on peer lear­ning ac­ti­vi­ties, to be or­ga­nis­ed in two or th­ree groups. The­se will con­sider dif­fe­rent aspects and stages of po­li­cy re­form and de­ve­lo­p­ment for SP to sup­port in­clu­si­ve edu­ca­ti­on.

The project’s over­all aim is to iden­ti­fy and ana­ly­se the fac­tors (chal­lenges and op­por­tu­ni­ties) wi­thin coun­try po­li­cy and prac­ti­ce that in­fluence the re­or­ga­ni­sa­ti­on and re­form of spe­cial pro­vi­si­on (schools, units, clas­ses) towards in­clu­si­ve edu­ca­ti­on for all lear­ners. It will spe­ci­fi­cal­ly fo­cus on the po­li­cy dri­vers for re-or­ga­ni­s­ing SP to sup­port the right to in­clu­si­ve edu­ca­ti­on for all lear­ners.

The project’s key ques­ti­ons will be:

• What type of cross-sec­to­ral po­li­cy frame­work is nee­ded to ef­fec­tively sup­port the chan­ging role of SP (schools, units and clas­ses) in sup­port­ing main­stream schools to be in­clu­si­ve?
• What type of de­ve­lo­p­ments and re­forms to dif­fe­rent forms of se­pa­ra­te SP are re­qui­red to en­su­re that the rights of all lear­ners to in­clu­si­ve edu­ca­ti­on are ef­fec­tively met?

The pro­ject will in­iti­al­ly aim to:

• coll­ect in­for­ma­ti­on to map the ch­an­ge in the role of SP in re­cent ye­ars;
• coll­ect in­for­ma­ti­on that pro­vi­des a map­ping of the cur­rent si­tua­ti­on re­gar­ding se­pa­ra­te SP in count­ries;
• high­light the cri­ti­cal le­vers wi­thin coun­try si­tua­tions that have led to the­se ch­an­ges;
• ch­an­ge of role of SP in sup­port­ing the right to in­clu­si­ve edu­ca­ti­on for all lear­ners.

ITA has been con­trac­ted to per­form the for­ma­ti­ve eva­lua­ti­on of pha­se 2.

Pro­ject web­site: https://​www​.eu​ro​pean​-agen​cy​.org/​p​r​o​j​e​c​t​s​/​C​R​OSP