For those who may not be able to see the graph of the IDEA data that most closely represents the K-12 age group as a percentage of the resident population, receiving special education services for the last ten years in California: Autism has steadily increased from .13% to .64%, Specific Learning Disabilities has steadily decreased from 5.64% to 4.41%, and totals for all disabilities has remained flat at about 9.2%.
If you believe there’s been an “autism epidemic”, and that special education data from California proves that the schools are overwhelmed, here are a two questions for you:
1. What has caused the decrease in Specific Learning Disabilities (a decrease that more than offsets the increase in autism)?
2. If the special education totals remain unchanged, why are the schools “overwhelmed”?
Sunday, February 20, 2011
More on IDEA Data in CA
Earlier this month, a post dealt with a KidsData report on California numbers. Left Brain/Right Brain adds further analysis:
