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

Table 4.  Vocational courses taken by students with mental retardation, overall and by parent-reported levels of cognitive functioning


 OverallHighModerateLow
Percentage who took:    
At least one vocational education course78717986
Prevocational Education52436871
Occupationally Specific vocational education62556661
NOTE: Percentages are population estimates based on weighted samples that range from approximately 70 to 550 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.