Inclusion and Equity in Secondary Education in Russia: How to Make Inclusion Assessment More “Inclusive”

In this chapter, we use statistical data and surveys to show differences in accessAccess to educationalEducational resources and the quality of the academic achievements of studentsStudents living in different regionsRegion of RussiaRussia. We demonstrate that behind the benign indicators of inclusionInclusion (academic and socialSocial) used for internationalInternational comparisons, there may be noticeable intra-countryCountries imbalances. Using RussiaRussia as a caseCases, we argue for the needNeeds to consider intra-countryCountries differences in internationalInternational comparative studiesStudies and the obligation to consider the diversityDiversity of conditions within countriesCountries when implementing policiesPolicy and inclusionInclusion and justice.