Educational policy-makers prepared this document to provide other policy-makers across Europe with a synthesis of the main policy findings that emerged from Agency thematic work supporting the inclusion of learners with different types of special educational needs within mainstream provision.

This report from 2009 summarises the analysis conducted by the Agency, at the request of member country representatives, on the topic of special needs education and multicultural diversity.

It aimed to respond to three key questions: 

Development of a set of indicators – for inclusive education in Europe presents the main findings of the Agency project on Indicators for Inclusive Education from 2008/2009. The project involved 23 European countries.

This paper uses information from observations, discussions and reflections during and after Phase 2 of the Assessment in Inclusive Settings project case study visits to identify 'meta issues' for implementing inclusive assessment.

This overview flyer summarises the aim and the contents of the Assessment in Inclusive Settings resource pack. The resource pack is a result of Phase 2 of the Assessment project, which ran from 2006 to 2008. It is made up of the following flyers:

This paper summarises the key issues that emerged during Phase 2 of the Agency project on Assessment in Inclusive Settings in applying the concept of Assessment for Learning to pupils with special educational needs.

Over 150 delegates representing 29 countries attended the ‘Assessment in Inclusive Settings’ conference, held in Limassol, Cyprus, on 23–24 October 2008. It was organised jointly by the Cypriot Ministry of Education and Culture and the Agency. The conference was the end point of Phase 2 of the Assessment in Inclusive Settings project, which examined assessment policy and practice that supports inclusion in mainstream settings.

This flyer presents the main findings from Phase 1 of the Agency's Assessment in Inclusive Settings project. It is based on information on assessment policy and practice provided by 23 countries, as described in the full Assessment in Inclusive Settings – Key Issues for Policy and Practice report. 

On 17 September 2007, the Agency, together with the Portuguese Ministry of Education, held a European Hearing entitled ‘Young Voices: Meeting Diversity in Education’. The event took place within the framework of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

In September 2002, Portugal's Ministry for Education and the Agency hosted an international conference on 'Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Special Needs Education (SNE)'.

This paper presents the recommendations from the conference experts, referring to some of the key issues within ICT in education debates across Europe.

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