Table 3. Academic courses taken in any type of educational setting by students with mental retardation, overall and by parent-reported levels of cognitive functioning
Overall | High | Moderate | Low | |
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Percentage who took: | ||||
At least one academic course | 96 | 98 | 96 | 90 |
Language arts | 94 | 97 | 94 | 85 |
Mathematics | 92 | 95 | 93 | 84 |
Science | 74 | 83 | 72 | 59 |
Social studies | 75 | 87 | 73 | 55 |
Foreign language | 9 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
NOTE: Percentages are population estimates based on weighted samples that rangefrom approximately 70 to 550 across variables. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), Wave 1 student's school program survey, 2002. |