Performance Patterns for Students with Disabilities in Grade 4 Mathematics Education in New York State

By Katie Buckley, Stacy Ehrlich, Emily Midouhas, and Amy Brodesky

This report describes the mathematics performance of grade 4 students with disabilities across schools categorized by need-to-resource capacity and compares their performance by school with that of general education students across New York State from 2003 to 2005. It finds that the percentage of students with disabilities scoring proficient increased over time and that the proficiency gap between this subgroup and general education students narrowed by 1 percentage point.

Contact Info: Katie Buckley (1-800-225-4276 x4202)

Published by: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands Order Info

Download a copy of Performance Patterns for Students with Disabilities in Grade 4 Mathematics Education in New York State (PDF, 862 KB): http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_2008050.pdf

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ISBN: REL 2008 050
(32 pp.) PDF