A Human Rights-Based Evaluation Approach for Inclusive Education

Autor: Christopher J. Johnstone, Anne Hayes, Elisheva Cohen, Hayley Niad, George Laryea-Adjei, Kathleen Letshabo, Adrian Shikwe, Augustine Agu
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: American Journal of Evaluation. :109821402311538
ISSN: 1557-0878
1098-2140
Popis: This article reports on ways in which United Nations human rights treaties can be used as a normative framework for evaluating program outcomes. In this article, we conceptualize a human rights-based approach to program evaluation and locate this approach within the broader evaluation literature. The article describes how a rights-based framework can be used as an aspirational set of indicators for program evaluations to promote activities that align with internationally agreed-upon human rights norms. We then describe a case study of the evaluation through which this method was developed, including its sampling design, methodology, and findings. The United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) inclusive education evaluation described highlighted the need for conceptual clarity around what inclusive education is, and the importance of contextualized innovation toward meeting the educational rights of children with disabilities. Human rights perspectives and evaluation designs can help create such clarity, but should also be used with care.
Databáze: OpenAIRE