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6-9. Inclusion of children and youth with disabilities in regular education programs

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6-9. Increase the proportion of children and youth with disabilities who spend at least 80 percent of their time in regular education programs.
Target: 60 percent.
Baseline: 45 percent of children and youth aged 6 to 21 years with disabilities spent at least 80 percent of their time in regular education programs in the 1995–96 school year.
Target setting method: 33 percent improvement. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)
Data source : Data Analysis System (DANS), U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education.

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