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Minority Students in Special and Gifted Education
TABLE 2-A2 1997 Comparison of States by Highest Risk (RI) and Composition (CI) Indices for Hispanic Students in the Category of Mental Retardation
State
RI
CI
White RI for State
Highest RI
Nebraska
2.43%
5.52%
1.95%
Iowa
2.19%
2.08%
2.58%
Ohio
2.16%
1.43%
2.34%
Hawaii
2.06%
3.44%
6.78%
Highest CI
New Mexico
0.81%
51.97%
0.56%
California
0.50%
43.50%
0.40%
Arizona
1.02%
34.94%
0.69%
Texas
0.72%
34.85%
0.60%
TABLE 2-A3 1997 Comparison of States by Highest Risk (RI) and Composition (CI) Indices for Black Students in the Category of Learning Disabilities
