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

Experiences in Nonvocational Special Education Classes

Ninety-two percent of the overall group of secondary students with mental retardation took at least one course in a special education setting in a semester. Information presented in this section focuses on nonvocational special education classes, that is, classes that involved academic subjects (e.g., math, science, language arts); study skills, in which students received help with homework and learned successful studying and test-taking strategies; and functional life skills that facilitated independent living.