Dyslexia Fact #19 “Look who’s going to college?”

October 19, 2010 at 4:58 pm | DAC, Dyslexia Facts Comment

Of those students with learning disabilities who do graduate from high school, less than two percent attend a four-year college, which is especially disturbing because many of these students have above-average intelligence (Roper Poll Survey, www.ldonline/pressroom.org). 

National Numbers: Who is going to college?

  • Enrollment into college/higher ed non-IEP students                                                                                          28%7
  • Enrollment into college/higher ed IEP students                                                                                                      9.7%7
  • High school grads rated “not qualified” to enter a four-year college                                                             37%6
  • High school grads with learning disabilities rated “not qualified” to enter a four-year college           75%

*Special Education State Scorecard Data Sources

1 Data Accountability Center. “Part B Child Count, 2008.” http://www.ideadata.org/PartBChildCount.asp (23 June 2010).
2 President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education, 2002
3 Youth with Disabilities: A Changing Population and The Achievements of Youth with Disabilities During Secondary School. Reports from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) 2003           
4 Roper Starch Poll: Measuring Progress in Public and Parental Understanding of Learning Disabilities, 2000
5  25th Annual Report to Congress, U.S. Department of Education
6 Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education: A Profile of Preparation, Participation, and Outcomes, NCES, 1999
7 National Longitudinal Transition Study II, 2005.
8 National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse, 1999
9 National Center for Education Statistics, 1999
10 Quinn, M.M., Rutherford, R.B., Leone, P.E., Osher, D.M., & Poirier, J.M. (2005). Youth with disabilities in juvenile corrections: A national survey. Exceptional Children, 71, 339-345. 

National Center for Children with Learning Disabilites http://www.ncld.org/images/stories/OnCapitolHill/PolicyRelatedPublications/StateScorecards/Colorado.pdf

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