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Cognitive testing of the Inclusive Education module

This cognitive testing focuses on the Inclusive Education module developed by UNICEF and the Washington Group on Disability Statistics. It aims to measure attitudes towards education, evaluate the school environment, and explore barriers to school participation. The findings will help formulate policies and programs to improve the lives of children with disabilities.

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Cognitive testing of the Inclusive Education module

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  1. Cognitive testing of the Inclusive Education module Astana2017

  2. UN Conventions and obligations of the Government; • UNICEF and the Washington Group on Disability Statistics developed IE module; • The purpose of the Cognitive Testing of the IE module; • The questions focus on education through a formal mechanism (as opposed to home school or tutoring); • Designed to capture the interaction between the participant and the environment by obtaining parental responses. What to measure? 2

  3. The set of questions was organized into three sections based on participatory domains. • The first domain intended for adults to capture their attitudes towards education for all children, specifically CWD. • The second section is to caregivers of children attending a school to evaluate the school environment. • The final component focuses on out-of-school childrento gain a deeper understanding of the barriers to school participation. What to measure? 3

  4. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities encourages States to collect appropriate information, including statistical and research data, to enable them to formulate and implement policies to give effect to the Convention (art. 31). • The Sustainable Development Goals build upon the Conventions by laying out goals and targets to be met by all countries by 2030. • Particularly, • Indicator 4.5.1 Tier III • Indicator 4.a.1 Tier II • To develop, implement and evaluate policies and programmes that would improve the lives of children with disabilities. Why to measure? 4

  5. Challenges? Ways to overcome? • Cognitive testing challenges: • Interviewer profile and recruitment (Nazarbayev University, Master’ students) • Respondent profile and recruitment (mothers, as an exception primary caregiver) • Sample was customised: had to change to rural/urban variable (not primary/secondary levels of education) • Interviews typically take 1 ½ - 2 hours per respondent with additional 2-3 hours for preparation of a written narrative summary in English immediately after interview • General survey challenges: logistics, translation, replacement 5

  6. Statistics Committee took part in the training and will study results of the testing • Cooperation with the Nazarbayev University with possibility to use students/teachers in the actual survey (as trainers and interviewers) • Questionnaire is already available in Russian and Kazakh • National ownership of the module motivation to include it in household surveys Lessons and prospects 6

  7. Thank you for your attention!

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