Impact evaluation
Special needs education: Towards more inclusive
3ie Brief No. 2, March 2009
There is a lack of credible data on children with disabilities in developing nations, presenting an obstacle for rigorous research evaluation of policy interventions.
Key questions to be addressed include how to create capacity among developing nations in building data on children with special needs? How to improve partnership between parents, schools, NGOs, community groups in assessing the impact of promoting inclusive educational practices? Are popular conditional cash transfers (CCT) programmes appropriate for aiding students with special needs?