Challenges Surrounding the Right to Education in the Educational Evaluation of Children with Learning Disorders and Autism (A Case Study in Karaj)

Educational assessment is done at the beginning of entering the school to determine the status and identify the educational needs and adapt the education courses in the normal or exceptional schools to the child's conditions. This program needs proper implementation to achieve its goals in the education system. The present study was carried out with the aim of investigating the problems and challenges in the process of educational assessment of children with learning disorders and those with autism, taking into account the requirements of the right to education.

This research was carried out by using field investigations and recording evidence from the examination of a case sample in the process of educational evaluation, as well as using library documents and internet resources.

Factors such as insufficient information, crowding of referrals, short assessment time, delay in processing, separation of the child from parents, lack of counseling and adequate explanation, lack of right to protest the assessment result, and inattention to the infrastructure and educational facilities in the region as a result of the assessment, are challenges in the educational assessment process which in relation to children with learning disorders (especially children with mild disorders and borderline intellectual functioning,, whose condition diagnosis and appropriate training course is more sensitive), can directly or indirectly affect the quality of fulfilling the right to education.

The problems in the educational assessment process can lead to the possibility of making incorrect decisions that are not in accordance with the existing conditions and facilities for children with learning disorders and children with autism. Considering the dimensions and requirements of children's right to education in domestic and international documents and the importance of receiving high-quality and effective education and protecting the child's interests, it seems necessary to eliminate the defects and improve the quality of the students' assessment upon entering the school.