Classification rates vary by Need/Resource categories

Chart Image: Classification Rates for School-Age Students with Disabilities in New York State as of 9/09

 

Classification Rates for School-Age Students with Disabilities in New York State as of 9/09

	1997-98	1998-99	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03*	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08**	2008-09
New York City	0.107	0.11	0.109	0.111	0.11	0.11	0.111	0.115	0.115	0.123	0.127	0.125
Rest of State	0.121	0.123	0.124	0.125	0.126	0.127	0.127	0.127	0.127	0.125	0.123	0.122
Large Four Cities	0.142	0.146	0.148	0.15	0.15	0.153	0.159	0.162	0.164	0.182	0.168	0.166

*Methodology revised in 2002-03

**2007-08 was the first year classification rates were based on counts of students with disabilities collected through the Student Information Repository System (SIRS)