ABSTRACT
Structures and practices in the French education system for assessing, categorising and segregating students ignore the characteristics, interests and needs which they all have in common. The 1989 Education Law – the ‘Loi Jospin’ – asserted the right of all children and young people to an ‘inclusive education’. This chapter looks at two settings, a large primary school and a special school in the Paris region, to find out how far they have been affected by this legislation.
