European Agency Statistics on Inclusive Education: Key Messages and Findings (2014 / 2016)

The EASIE Key Messages and Findings (2014 / 2016) report highlights the key messages and main findings from the first two EASIE datasets and Cross-Country Reports: 2014 based on the 2012/2013 school year 2016 based on the 2014/2015 school year This report provides an overarching 'interpretation' of the 2014 and 2016 datasets. It highlights key messages and emerging findings across the datasets that are important for the Agency member countries' work. It does not offer a detailed statistical analysis of the data or cover all forms of data analysis that may be possible using the dataset. The report presents the ten key messages emerging from the 2014 and 2016 EASIE work and the main findings in relation to five equity issues that the EASIE work has been developed to examine. These equity issues are: Access to mainstream education. Access to inclusive education. Placement of learners with an official decision of SEN. Gender breakdowns of data on placement of learners with an official decision of SEN. ISCED level breakdowns of data on placement of learners with an official decision of SEN. The report also presents the background to the overall EASIE work. It is available below in the Agency's official languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish.This publication has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein