Table 9. Instructional groupings of students in general education academic classes for the whole class and for students with mental retardation, overall and by parent-reported levels of cognitive functioning

Secondary School Experiences and Academic Performance of Students With Mental Retardation

NCSER 2009-3020
July 2009

	Whole class	Overall students with mental retardation	High	Moderate	Low
Percentage who received:
Whole-class instruction
Rarely or Never	1	12	12	13	‡
Sometimes	27	35	35	29	‡
Often	72	53	53	58	‡
Small-group instruction
Rarely or Never	12	17	15	22	‡
Sometimes	64	53	61	47	‡
Often	24	30	24	31	‡
Individual instruction from a teacher
Rarely or Never	14	11	15	5	‡
Sometimes	60	57	62	53	‡
Often	26	32	23	42	‡
Individual instruction from another student
Rarely or Never	65	53	47	59	‡
Sometimes	25	27	30	26	‡
Often	10	20	23	15	‡
‡Responses for items with fewer than 30 respondents are not reported. NOTE: Percentages are population estimates based on weighted samples that range from approximately 40 to 140 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.