This article describes the proposed criteria and guidelines for a flexible curriculum for attention to diversity, derived from a study conducted by the Universidad Central in colaboration with the Ministry of Education of Chile. This study identified critical points Chilean curriculum system from the perspective of quality educational responses for all students. It also proposes a set of criteria and guidelines for response to students diversity, compromising decisions from the organization, planning, implementation and evaluation of the educational process and measures for special educational needs during schooling.

Inclusion, curriculum flexibility, attention to diversity, special educational needs.