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The Center for Education Statistics released the national NAEP scores recently, and the results show children with disabilities performance behind their typically developing peers. Here is part of a report at Disability Scoop: "A routine look at how fourth and eighth graders across the country are performing in reading and math finds children with disabilities struggling to make progress. For fourth graders with disabilities math scores were down in 2017 compared to 2015 while reading was unchanged. Meanwhile, eighth graders with disabilities saw a slight increase in performance on reading but remained stagnant in math. The   findings   released this week from the government’s National Center for Education Statistics come from the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress. Known as the Nation’s Report Card, nearly 585,000 students at over 28,000 schools across the country took the test on tablet computers in early 2017.   The assessment found limited improvement fo...

Always one of my favorite holidays- happy St. Patrick's Day. To help us celebrate, here are some fun facts from our friends at the Census Bureau Originally a religious holiday to honor St. Patrick, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, St. Patrick’s Day has evolved into a celebration of all things Irish. The world’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade occurred on March 17, 1762, in New York City, featuring Irish soldiers serving in the English military. This parade became an annual event, with President Truman attending in 1948. The following facts are made possible by the invaluable responses to the  U.S. Census Bureau’s   surveys . We appreciate the public’s cooperation as we continuously measure America’s people, places and economy.  Did You Know? 32.3 million or 10% The number and percentage of U.S. residents who claimed Irish ancestry in 2016. Source:  2016 American Community Survey 125,840 The number of foreign-born U.S. residents who reported...

The federal Department of Education has released its 39th Annual Report to the Congress, The voluminous report is a wealth of data about special education. If you work in this area, this report contain s a lot of helpful information. Here are just some of the key Part B findings: In 2015, a total of 6,050,725 students ages 6 through 21 were served under IDEA, Part B, in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, BIE schools, Puerto Rico, the four outlying areas, and the three freely associated states. Of these students, 5,936,518 were served in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and BIE schools. This number represented 8.9 percent of the resident population ages 6 through 21. In 2006, the total number of students ages 6 through xxv 21 served under IDEA, Part B, in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, BIE schools, Puerto Rico, and the four outlying areas, was 6,081,890. In each year between 2006 through 2011, the number of students served was less than in the previous year. How...

The National Center for Educational Statistics of the Institute of Education Sciences  issued a report yesterday. The report  Characteristics of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States: Results From the 2015–16 National Teacher and Principal Survey.  The "First Look" examines descriptive statistics and basic information from the national survey. it provides a fresh look at public schools in the United States. The report includes a wealth of information about public schools. You can read the entire 46 page report here. Here are some interesting selected findings of the report:  • During the 2015–16 school year, there were an estimated 90,400 K–12 public schools in the United States, including 83,500 traditional public and 6,900 public charter schools. These schools served nearly 49.3 million students, with about 46.2 million in traditional public schools and another 3 million in public charter schools. Between the 2011–12 SASS and the 2015–16 NTP...

On July 26,  1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodations, commercial facilities, telecommunications, and state and local government services.Today marks the 27th anniversary of this groundbreaking law. To celebrate the birthday of ADA, here are some fun facts from our friends at the U S Census Bureau: Population Distribution 56.7 million The number of people in the United States with a disability in 2010, representing 19.0 percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population. People with a disability have a physical or mental impairment that affects one or more major life activities, such as walking, bathing, dressing, eating, preparing meals, doing errands alone or doing housework. A disability can occur at birth or at any point in a person’s life.  Source: Americans With Disabilities: 2010 www.census.gov/content/dam...