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For Each Educational Environment, What Is the Disability Distribution of
Students (Ages 6-21) in that Environment? How Does the Distribution Compare Across
Environment Categories? How does the Distribution Compare Across Age Groups?
Ages 6-11
	Percent of Time Outside Regular Class
Disability	<21%	21-60%	>60%	Separate Facilities	All Environments
Specific Learning Disabilities	24.4	49.7	14.6	11.4	29.3
Speech/Language Impairments	57.6	0.0	0.0	49.5	31.6
Mental Retardation	5.3	32.7	37.3	2.2	17.9
Emotional Disturbance	1.9	3.8	15.7	14.5	5.5
Multiple Disabilities	0.8	3.3	21.1	13.6	5.6
Hearing Impairments	1.0	0.9	1.7	1.3	1.1
Orthopedic Impairments	1.3	0.8	1.4	0.3	1.1
Other Health Impairments	5.2	5.8	1.8	3.3	4.7
Visual Impairments	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4
Autism	1.9	2.4	5.6	3.1	2.7
Deaf-Blindness	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
Traumatic Brain Injury	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2
Developmental Delay	.	.	.	.	.
All Disabilities	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total N (in 2002)	48,981	28,809	15,455	7,070	100,315

Ages 12-17
	Percent of Time Outside Regular Class
Disability	<21%	21-60%	>60%	Separate Facilities	All Environments
Specific Learning Disabilities	65.8	54.0	20.8	19.2	48.7
Speech/Language Impairments	8.2	0.0	0.0	8.4	3.6
Mental Retardation	9.1	32.3	45.1	6.5	24.9
Emotional Disturbance	4.6	5.7	15.0	35.4	9.3
Multiple Disabilities	0.6	1.5	13.6	16.2	4.8
Hearing Impairments	1.2	0.7	1.0	2.0	1.0
Orthopedic Impairments	0.9	0.5	1.0	0.6	0.8
Other Health Impairments	7.7	4.0	1.4	9.2	5.1
Visual Impairments	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.5
Autism	0.9	0.8	1.5	1.4	1.0
Deaf-Blindness	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
Traumatic Brain Injury	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
All Disabilities	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total N (in 2002)	41,850	40,025	25,037	7,509	114,421

Ages 18-21
	Percent of Time Outside Regular Class
Disability	<21%	21-60%	>60%	Separate Facilities	All Environments
Specific Learning Disabilities	63.5	43.8	12.1	10.6	38.8
Speech/Language Impairments	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.6
Mental Retardation	18.8	40.5	40.9	12.3	29.4
Emotional Disturbance	4.2	5.5	8.7	18.7	7.4
Multiple Disabilities	2.1	3.9	31.4	44.5	15.2
Hearing Impairments	1.5	1.3	1.1	2.7	1.5
Orthopedic Impairments	0.9	1.1	1.8	0.4	1.1
Other Health Impairments	5.5	2.4	1.1	7.0	3.7
Visual Impairments	0.6	0.3	0.4	1.3	0.5
Autism	0.6	0.7	1.8	1.4	1.1
Deaf-Blindness	<0.1	0.0	<0.1	0.0	<0.1
Traumatic Brain Injury	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.6
All Disabilities	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total N (in 2002)	5,178	3,642	3,745	1,644	14,209
Separate Facilities includes public and private separate schools, public and private residential facilities, and homebound/hospital environments.   For each column, the percentages were calculated by dividing the number of students in the disability category by the number in all disability categories combined and then multiplying by 100.  The columns sum to 100%.   Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported. Data based on December 2002 counts, updated as of July 2003. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).

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For Each Disability, What Percent of Students (Age 6-21) are Served in Each
Educational Environment? How Does this Percentage Compare Across
Disability Categories? How does this Percentage Compare Across Age Groups?
Ages 6-11
	Percent of Time Outside Regular Class
Disability	<21%	21-60%	>60%	Separate Facilities	All Environments	Total N (in 2002)
Specific Learning Disabilities	40.8	48.8	7.7	2.7	100.0	29,348
Speech/Language Impairments	89.0	0.0	0.0	11.0	100.0	31,725
Mental Retardation	14.5	52.5	32.1	0.9	100.0	17,947
Emotional Disturbance	16.8	20.1	44.4	18.8	100.0	5,482
Multiple Disabilities	7.3	17.0	58.4	17.3	100.0	5,573
Hearing Impairments	44.7	22.9	24.0	8.4	100.0	1,122
Orthopedic Impairments	57.1	21.4	19.5	2.1	100.0	1,105
Other Health Impairments	53.7	35.5	5.8	4.9	100.0	4,709
Visual Impairments	52.5	24.1	14.3	9.1	100.0	406
Autism	34.0	25.6	32.2	8.2	100.0	2,677
Deaf-Blindness	22.2	44.4	22.2	11.1	100.0	9
Traumatic Brain Injury	27.8	37.3	28.3	6.6	100.0	212
Developmental Delay	.	.	.	.	.	.
All Disabilities	48.8	28.7	15.4	7.0	100.0	100,315

Ages 12-17
	Percent of Time Outside Regular Class
Disability	<21%	21-60%	>60%	Separate Facilities	All Environments	Total N (in 2002)
Specific Learning Disabilities	49.4	38.7	9.3	2.6	100.0	55,760
Speech/Language Impairments	84.4	0.0	0.0	15.6	100.0	4,070
Mental Retardation	13.3	45.4	39.6	1.7	100.0	28,500
Emotional Disturbance	18.1	21.4	35.4	25.0	100.0	10,621
Multiple Disabilities	4.6	10.9	62.2	22.3	100.0	5,459
Hearing Impairments	43.7	23.5	20.3	12.5	100.0	1,176
Orthopedic Impairments	44.2	23.2	27.6	5.0	100.0	894
Other Health Impairments	55.3	27.0	5.9	11.8	100.0	5,863
Visual Impairments	53.3	19.2	17.7	9.9	100.0	537
Autism	30.3	28.5	32.6	8.6	100.0	1,189
Deaf-Blindness	29.4	23.5	11.8	35.3	100.0	17
Traumatic Brain Injury	37.0	33.1	22.1	7.8	100.0	335
All Disabilities	36.6	35.0	21.9	6.6	100.0	114,421

Ages 18-21
	Percent of Time Outside Regular Class
Disability	<21%	21-60%	>60%	Separate Facilities	All Environments	Total N (in 2002)
Specific Learning Disabilities	59.6	29.0	8.2	3.2	100.0	5,510
Speech/Language Impairments	90.8	0.0	0.0	9.2	100.0	87
Mental Retardation	23.3	35.2	36.6	4.8	100.0	4,183
Emotional Disturbance	20.6	19.1	31.0	29.3	100.0	1,051
Multiple Disabilities	5.1	6.6	54.4	33.9	100.0	2,162
Hearing Impairments	37.7	22.2	18.9	21.2	100.0	212
Orthopedic Impairments	30.2	25.3	40.7	3.7	100.0	162
Other Health Impairments	53.7	16.6	7.9	21.7	100.0	529
Visual Impairments	40.3	13.0	18.2	28.6	100.0	77
Autism	21.9	17.9	45.0	15.2	100.0	151
Deaf-Blindness	50.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	100.0	2
Traumatic Brain Injury	41.0	18.1	30.1	10.8	100.0	83
All Disabilities	36.4	25.6	26.4	11.6	100.0	14,209
Separate Facilities includes public and private separate schools, public and private residential facilities, and homebound/hospital environments.   For each row, the percentages were calculated by dividing the number of students in the environment by the number in all environments combined and then multiplying by 100.  The rows sum to 100%.   Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported. Data based on December 2002 counts, updated as of July 2003. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).

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For Each Preschool Environment, What Is the Disability Distribution of Children (Ages 3-5) in that Environment?
How Does the Distribution Compare Across Environment Categories?
Disability	Early Childhood	Early Childhood Special Education	Home	Part-time Early Childhood Special Education	Separate Facility	Itinerant Services Outside Home	Reverse Mainstream	All Environments
Specific Learning Disabilities	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Speech/Language Impairments	29.8	30.4	38.0	27.7	28.6	31.4	31.2	30.3
Mental Retardation	41.5	40.4	25.5	45.8	44.0	38.1	38.7	40.5
Emotional Disturbance	11.7	12.0	15.1	10.8	11.2	12.3	12.3	11.9
Multiple Disabilities	10.3	10.5	13.1	9.5	9.9	10.8	10.9	10.5
Hearing Impairments	1.9	2.0	2.4	1.8	1.8	2.2	2.0	2.0
Orthopedic Impairments	1.7	1.8	2.2	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.8
Other Health Impairments	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Visual Impairments	0.8	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8
Autism	1.7	1.7	2.2	1.5	1.6	2.0	1.8	1.7
Deaf-Blindness	0.0	<0.1	0.0	0.0	<0.1	0.0	0.0	<0.1
Traumatic Brain Injury	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Developmental Delay	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
All Disabilities	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total N (in 2002)	4,291	9,751	458	839	1,425	742	1,676	19,182
Separate Facility includes residential facilities and separate schools.   The "Itinerant Services Outside Home" and "Reverse Mainstream" environments are optional categories that states can use when reporting data.   For each column, the percentages were calculated by dividing the number of students in the disability category by the number in all disability categories combined and then multiplying by 100.  The columns sum to 100%.   Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported. Data based on December 2002 counts, updated as of July 2003. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).

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For Each Disability, What Percent of Children (Ages 3-5) are Served in Each Preschool Environment?
How Does this Percentage Compare Across Disability Categories?
Disability	Early Childhood	Early Childhood Special Education	Home	Part-time Early Childhood Special Education	Separate Facility	Itinerant Services Outside Home	Reverse Mainstream	All Environments	Total N (in 2002)
Specific Learning Disabilities	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
Speech/Language Impairments	22.0	51.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	4.0	9.0	100.0	5,812
Mental Retardation	22.9	50.6	1.5	4.9	8.1	3.6	8.3	100.0	7,778
Emotional Disturbance	22.0	51.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	4.0	9.0	100.0	2,286
Multiple Disabilities	22.0	51.0	3.0	4.0	7.0	4.0	9.0	100.0	2,012
Hearing Impairments	22.0	50.9	2.9	4.0	6.9	4.2	9.0	100.0	377
Orthopedic Impairments	21.9	51.0	2.9	4.1	7.0	4.1	9.0	100.0	343
Other Health Impairments	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0
Visual Impairments	22.1	50.9	3.1	4.3	6.7	4.3	8.6	100.0	163
Autism	21.9	50.9	3.0	3.9	6.9	4.5	9.0	100.0	334
Deaf-Blindness	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	2
Traumatic Brain Injury	22.7	50.7	2.7	4.0	6.7	4.0	9.3	100.0	75
Developmental Delay	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
All Disabilities	22.4	50.8	2.4	4.4	7.4	3.9	8.7	100.0	19,182
Separate Facility includes residential facilities and separate schools.   The "Itinerant Services Outside Home" and "Reverse Mainstream" environments are optional categories that states can use when reporting data.   For each row, the percentages were calculated by dividing the number of students in the environment by the number in all environments combined and then multiplying by 100.  The rows sum to 100%.   Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported. Data based on December 2002 counts, updated as of July 2003. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).

OHIO (continued)
How Will the OSEP Graduation Rate Change When the
"Moved, Not Known to Be Continuing" Category is Eliminated?
Disability	Number Leaving School (Current)	Number Moved, Not Known to Continue	Number Leaving School (new)	Number of Diplomas	2001-02 Graduation Rate (current)	2001-02 Graduation Rate (new)	Difference in Graduation Rate
Specific Learning Disabilities	7,021	50	7,071	5,983	85	85	-1
Speech/Language Impairments	114	1	115	97	85	84	-1
Mental Retardation	3,742	76	3,818	2,873	77	75	-2
Emotional Disturbance	972	45	1,017	563	58	55	-3
Multiple Disabilities	577	5	582	532	92	91	-1
Hearing Impairments	171	1	172	156	91	91	-1
Orthopedic Impairments	148	0	148	139	94	94	0
Other Health Impairments	608	6	614	524	86	85	-1
Visual Impairments	61	0	61	55	90	90	0
Autism	84	0	84	81	96	96	0
Deaf-Blindness	7	0	7	0	0	0	0
Traumatic Brain Injury	54	0	54	50	93	93	0
All Disabilities	13,559	184	13,743	11,053	82	80	-1
As described in the September 12, 2003 memo from Stephanie Lee, OSEP will modify its GRPA calculations for the graduation and dropout rates.  Beginning with the exiting data for 2003-04, students reported in the "Moved, Not Known to Be Continuing" category will be treated as dropouts.  When calculating the graduation rate, students in this category will be included in the denominator. When calculating the dropout rate, students in this category will be included in both the numerator and the denominator.   Current Number Leaving School includes diploma recipients, dropouts, certificate recipients, reached maximum age, and died.   New Number Leaving School includes diploma recipients, dropouts (including moved, not known to continue), certificate recipients, reached maximum age, and died.   Current Graduation Rate = [Diploma Recipients ÷ Number Leaving School (current)] * 100.   New Graduation Rate = [Diploma Recipients ÷ Number Leaving School (new)] * 100.   Difference in Graduation Rate = New Graduation Rate - Current Graduation Rate. Difference calculated prior to rounding.   Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported. Data based on December 2001-02 counts, updated as of July 2003. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).

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How Will the OSEP Drop Out Rate Change When the
"Moved, Not Known to Be Continuing" Category is Eliminated?
Disability	Number Leaving School (Current)	Number Moved, Not Known to Continue	Number Leaving School (new)	Number of Dropouts (current)	Number of Dropouts (new)	2001-02 Dropout Rate (current)	2001-02 Dropout Rate (new)	Difference in Dropout Rate
Specific Learning Disabilities	7,021	50	7,071	976	1,026	14	15	1
Speech/Language Impairments	114	1	115	17	18	15	16	1
Mental Retardation	3,742	76	3,818	816	892	22	23	2
Emotional Disturbance	972	45	1,017	391	436	40	43	3
Multiple Disabilities	577	5	582	37	42	6	7	1
Hearing Impairments	171	1	172	14	15	8	9	1
Orthopedic Impairments	148	0	148	9	9	6	6	0
Other Health Impairments	608	6	614	75	81	12	13	1
Visual Impairments	61	0	61	6	6	10	10	0
Autism	84	0	84	2	2	2	2	0
Deaf-Blindness	7	0	7	7	7	100	100	0
Traumatic Brain Injury	54	0	54	3	3	6	6	0
All Disabilities	13,559	184	13,743	2,353	2,537	17	18	1
As described in the September 12, 2003 memo from Stephanie Lee, OSEP will modify its GRPA calculations for the graduation and dropout rates.  Beginning with the exiting data for 2003-04, students reported in the "Moved, Not Known to Be Continuing" category will be treated as dropouts.  When calculating the graduation rate, students in this category will be included in the denominator. When calculating the dropout rate, students in this category will be included in both the numerator and the denominator.   Current Number Leaving School includes diploma recipients, dropouts, certificate recipients, reached maximum age, and died.   New Number Leaving School includes diploma recipients, dropouts (including moved, not known to continue), certificate recipients, reached maximum age, and died.   Current Number of Dropouts includes only the "Dropped Out" exiting category.   New Number of Dropouts includes the "Dropped Out" and "Moved, Not Known to Be Continuing" exiting categories.   Current Dropout Rate = [Number of Dropouts (current) ÷ Number Leaving School (current)] * 100.   New Dropout Rate = [Number of Dropouts (new) ÷ Number Leaving School (new)] * 100.   Difference in Dropout Rate = New Dropout Rate - Current Dropout Rate.  Difference calculated prior to rounding.   Please see Data Notes for an explanation of individual state differences on how data are reported. Data based on December 2001-02 counts, updated as of July 2003. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS).