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

Table 26.  Mean standard score on functional rating scales of youth with mental retardation who could not participate in the direct academic assessment, overall and by parent-reported levels of cognitive functioning


  Overall High Moderate Low
Broad independence (overall score)233011
Personal living425527
Motor skills405325
Social interaction and communication293816
Community living19269
‡ Responses for items with fewer than 30 respondents are not reported.
NOTE: Percentages are population estimates based on weighted samples that range from approximately 50 to 560 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.