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

Table 17.  Instructional activities outside the nonvocational special education classroom of students with mental retardation, overall and by parent-reported levels of cognitive functioning


  Overall High Moderate Low
Percentage who participated in:
Field trips
Rarely or never 29 38 27 19
Sometimes 51 43 54 58
Often 20 19 19 24
Community-based instructional experiences
Rarely or never39 46 39 23
Sometimes 29 22 33 34
Often 32 32 28 43
NOTE: Percentages are population estimates based on weighted samples that range from approximately 40 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.