The Curriculum Management Model for Inclusive Schools in Public Primary Education: A Development and Evaluation Study in Banten Province, Indonesia

Key Points

• The study aims to develop a curriculum management model for inclusive schools that is effective and practical for public primary education.
• Developed an inclusive school curriculum management model using Gall’s research and development approach.
• Involved ten expert validators and fifty practitioners from six inclusive public primary schools.
• Collected data using Likert-scale questionnaires and analyzed it with descriptive statistics and paired-sample t-tests.
• Expert validation rated the model as 'excellent' in readability (90.12%), practicality (88.16%), effectiveness (91.20%), and efficiency (89.50%).
• Pretest scores showed significant improvement to posttest scores with p < 0.001 and a large effect size (Cohen’s d > 0.80).
• The model was validated as both effective and applicable in public primary school contexts.