Table 16. Instructional groupings in nonvocational special education classes 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

	Overall	High	Moderate	Low
Percentage who received:
Whole-class instruction
Rarely or never	23	18	16	51
Sometimes	43	47	46	25
Often	35	35	38	23
Small-group instruction
Rarely or never	4	6	1	8
Sometimes	47	53	45	41
Often	49	41	54	51
Individual instruction from a teacher
Rarely or never	4	5	4	2
Sometimes	46	50	49	27
Often	50	45	47	71
Individual instruction from another student
Rarely or never	32	40	34	18
Sometimes	41	37	45	34
Often	27	23	21	49
NOTE: Percentages are population estimates based on weighted samples that range from approximately 70 to 190 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.