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

Table 22.  General education academic course grades of students with mental retardation, overall and by parent-reported levels of cognitive functioning


  Overall High Moderate Low
Percentage whose grades were mostly:    
As and Bs12720
Bs and Cs182017
Cs and Ds454444
Ds and Fs253019
‡ 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 120 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.