We present “Monitoring Framework for Inclusive Education in Serbia” developed so as to support the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and the Institute for Evaluation of Quality in Education in objective monitoring of progress in the area of inclusive education with a view to continued implementation and improvement of inclusive education in Serbia based on the data collected.
The document includes the Monitoring Framework for Inclusive Education in Serbia, broken down to three levels (national, municipal and shool level), the defined indicators and, wherever possible, the present and/or expected values of indicators. It also includes guidelines for development of instruments with examples of several developed instruments for registration of a series of indicators.
In addition to the Framework, the document includes an overview of bases for development thereof – overview of development of inclusive education in Serbia through projects, policies, institutional and legislative framework and resources generated through various activities that may be used for reliable monitoring of inclusive education and its continuous promotion.
The document also contains an overview of the existing research of inclusive education in Serbia with a special note on the methodology applied. A detailed outline of research and the results thereof showing the situation of inclusive education in Serbia 2008‒2013 has also been provided. Finally, the document offers best practices – result of comparative analysis of the ways in which inclusive education is monitored in five selected countries with a well established practice of inclusive education and monitoring thereof.
The Monitoring Framework for Inclusive Education in Serbia is a result of the joint initiative of the Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Unit, UNICEF, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, the Open Society Foundation and the Institute for Psychology.
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