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Secondary School Experiences and Academic Performance of Students With Mental Retardation
NCSER 2009-3020
July 2009

Table 8.  Extent of curriculum modification for students with mental retardation, overall and by parent-reported levels of cognitive functioning


  Overall High Moderate Low
Percentage who received curriculum with:        
No modifications 29 30 34
Some modifications 52 52 50
Substantial modifications 15 11 16
Specialized Curriculum 5 7 1
‡Responses for items with fewer than 30 respondents are not reported.
NOTE: Percentages are of those students with mental retardation who took that type of course in any setting (see table 3). Percentages are population estimates based on weighted samples that range from approximately 40 to 200 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 general education teacher survey, 2002.