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

Table 10.  Instructional activities outside the general education academic classroom for the whole class and for students with mental retardation, overall and by parent-reported levels of cognitive functioning


  Whole class Overall students with mental retardation High Moderate Low
Percentage who participated in:     
Field trips     
Rarely or Never65665579
Sometimes27222421
Often812210
Community-based instructional experiences     
Rarely or Never74797190
Sometimes23101010
Often311190
‡ 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.