Table 12. General education academic teachers' perceptions and expectations for students with mental retardation, overall and by parent-reported levels of cognitive functioning
Overall | High | Moderate | Low | |
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Percentage of students whose teachers reported: | ||||
Perceiving the appropriateness of student's placement as: | ||||
Not at all/not very appropriate | 16 | 21 | 5 | ‡ |
Somewhat appropriate | 38 | 33 | 41 | ‡ |
Very appropriate | 45 | 46 | 54 | ‡ |
Expecting student to keep up with others in class | 84 | 80 | 91 | ‡ |
Perceiving student as keeping up with others in class | 54 | 48 | 69 | ‡ |
‡ Responses for items with fewer than 30 respondents are not reported. NOTE: Percentages are population estimates based on weighted samples that range from approximately 60 to 140 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 general education teacher survey, 2002. |