A focus on learning opportunities and outcomes

Some useful information has already been published by the European Agency of for Development in Special Needs Education. For example, EADSNE has also initiated work in progress on new Indicators for Inclusive Education (currently involving 23 countries). EADSNE country information includes, for example, details on legal systems, financing, identification, training, and quality, with some national statistical data (although this is not clearly defined in terms of disability). In 2002, EASNE published a special study on Transition from School to Employment. In a continuation of this project there are 19 country reports about Individual Transition Plans. General country data is also provided by EURYDICE (Information on Education Systems and Policies in Europe).

Further national policy examples and research evidence will be provided in reports commissioned from ANED's country experts, based on reviews of research and policy development in the 27 Member States, Norway and Iceland. The evidence in these reports was then reviewed and collated by an independent expert rapporteur and published in a high level synthesis report. The purpose of the report is to review national frameworks and implementation for education and training, and to provide the Commission with useful evidence in support of future policy co-ordination and development.

It would be relevant to consider educational opportunities and educational achievement, but also the kinds of policies, support and interventions that are being pursued in practice, including examples of good practice (e.g. in the support available to disabled university students, the provision of segregated or mainstream training options, the support available in schools, etc.).