Measurement accuracy: Enabling human rights for Fijian students with speech difficulties

Abstract

Purpose: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights enshrines the rights to communication and education and measuring access to these rights for children with disabilities is fundamental. The UNICEF/Washington Group Child Functioning Module (CFM) is being promoted to measure progress against the Sustainable Development Goals for children with disabilities. This cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study in Fiji compares parent and teacher CFM responses to the Intelligibility in Context Scale for 463 primary-aged students with and without speech difficulties. Method: Receiver operating characteristic curves were constructed to analyse CFM accuracy and determine optimal cut-off points; inter-rat..