scholarly journals Combining Child Functioning Data with Learning and Support Needs Data to Create Disability-Identification Algorithms in Fiji’s Education Management Information System

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 9413
Author(s):  
Beth Sprunt ◽  
Manjula Marella
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Management Information System ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Child Functioning ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Disability Identification

Disability disaggregation of Fiji’s Education Management Information System (FEMIS) is required to determine eligibility for inclusive education grants. Data from the UNICEF/Washington Group Child Functioning Module (CFM) alone is not accurate enough to identify disabilities for this purpose. This study explores whether combining activity and participation data from the CFM with data on environmental factors specific to learning and support needs (LSN) more accurately identifies children with disabilities. A survey on questions related to children’s LSN (personal assistance, adaptations to learning, or assessment and assistive technology) was administered to teachers within a broader diagnostic accuracy study. Descriptive statistics and correlations were used to analyze relationships between functioning and LSN. While CFM data are useful in distinguishing between disability domains, LSN data are useful in strengthening the accuracy of disability severity data and, crucially, in identifying which children have disability amongst those reported as having some difficulty on the CFM. Combining activity and participation data from the CFM with environmental factors data through algorithms may increase the accuracy of domain-specific disability identification. Amongst children reported as having some difficulty on the CFM, those with disabilities are effectively identified through the addition of LSN data.

scholarly journals The UNICEF/Washington Group Child Functioning Module—Accuracy, Inter-Rater Reliability and Cut-Off Level for Disability Disaggregation of Fiji’s Education Management Information System

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Sprunt ◽  
Barbara McPake ◽  
Manjula Marella
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Management Information System ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Child Functioning ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Rater Reliability ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
Group Child

This paper explores the validity (sensitivity and specificity) of different cut-off levels of the UNICEF/Washington Group Child Functioning Module (CFM) and the inter-rater reliability between teachers and parents as proxy respondents, for disaggregating Fiji’s education management information system (EMIS) by disability. The method used was a cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study comparing CFM items to standard clinical assessments for 472 primary school aged students in Fiji. Whilst previous domain-specific results showed “good” to “excellent” accuracy of the CFM domains seeing, hearing, walking and speaking, newer analysis shows only “fair” to “poor” accuracy of the cognitive domains (learning, remembering and focusing attention) and “fair” of the overall CFM (area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve: 0.763 parent responses, 0.786 teacher responses). Severe impairments are reported relatively evenly across CFM response categories “some difficulty”, “a lot of difficulty” and “cannot do at all”. Most moderate impairments are reported as “some difficulty”. The CFM provides a core component of data required for disaggregating Fiji’s EMIS by disability. However, choice of cut-off level and mixture of impairment severity reported across response categories are challenges. The CFM alone is not accurate enough to determine funding eligibility. For identifying children with disabilities, the CFM should be part of a broader data collection including learning and support needs data and undertaking eligibility verification visits.

Antigua and Barbuda Education Management Information System

10.1596/27080 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilio Porta ◽  
Jennifer Klein ◽  
Gustavo Arcia ◽  
Harriet Nannyonjo
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Management Information System ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Education Management

scholarly journals DevOps in Practice for Education Management Information System at ECNU

2020 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 1382-1391
Author(s):  
Dawei Yang ◽  
Daojiang Wang ◽  
Dongming Yang ◽  
Qiwen Dong ◽  
Ye Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Management Information System ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Education Management

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED EDUCATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AS THE DATABASE OF EDUCATION BUDGET POLICY FORMULATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dadan Rosana ◽  
Sukardiyono Sukardiyono
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Management Information System ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
System Specification ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Integrated Education ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Regional Budget ◽  
Budget Policy ◽  
The Government

The objective of this research is to produce the integrated education management information system as database for  education budget policy formulation. The database that is precise, accurate, complete and taransparan is  accessible to the public via the web in the android system, is a key element in any policy formulation and budget proposals in the field of education, that it can  be used to reduce the corruption in the education area in a systematic which began drafting the state budget and regional budget. this research is a development that adapt the model Borg and Gall (1983). aiken's formula v is used to analyze the instrument by the validator. The concept is to package products and services in one unit. To produce a product, a common cycle passed are: system specification, design, production, distribution, setup, use, maintenance, and renewal. The results of research is already made education management information system based on national education standards and geografic information system that has been tested is limited in some schools in the district region in indonesia. The policy recommendations of this research will support the government to modernize management of the education budgeting sector.

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