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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 Education Statistics of the Institute of Education Sciences has released its annual data report the Digest of Education Statistics 2016. The report is a wealth of information about public education data. Here is a quote from page 71 of the report: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), enacted in 1975, mandates that children and youth ages 3–21 with disabilities be provided a free and appropriate public school education. The percentage of total public school enrollment that represents children served by federally supported special education programs increased from 8.3 percent to 13.8 percent between 1976–77 and 2004–05 (table 204.30). Much of this overall increase can be attributed to a rise in the percentage of students identified as having specific learning disabilities from 1976–77 (1.8 percent) to 2004–05 (5.7 percent). The overall percentage of students being served in programs for those with disabilities decreased between 2004–05 (13.8 per...

According to a study by the U. S. Census Bureau released on Monday, t he number of people enrolled in America’s schools reached 77.2 million in 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Since 1996, total school enrollment has grown 9.9 percent. Enrollment in kindergarten through eighth grade has not significantly changed during the past decade, increasing from 36.1 million in 2006 to 36.6 million a decade later. These 2016 figures show that non-Hispanic whites made up nearly 51 percent of all students   in kindergarten through eighth grade, while Hispanic or Latino students made up 25.1 percent. Black students were 15.1 percent of the total; Asian students were 5.4 percent The number enrolled in high school remained steady between 2011 and 2016, while full-time college enrollment (undergraduate and graduate) increased over the same time for men, women and all race groups. Full-time college enrollment in 2016 was 75.1 percent of all college enrollment, up from 70.0 percent in 2006...