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PRESCHOOL SPECIAL ED. ENROLLMENT IS ON THE RISEJanuary 15, 2000EDITOR'S NOTE: Special Education News presents this monthly feature to give readers a glimpse of interesting developments in the special education field. Special Education News welcomes submissions for future monthly data reports. According to the National Education Goals Panel, 49 of 51 U.S. states, counting the District of Columbia as a state, had increased the number of children with disabilities participating in pre-school programs from 1991 to 1998. The District of Columbia and Illinois, however, have decreased their pre-school special ed. rosters. Kentucky has the highest percentage of pre-school students with special needs, and West Virginia has made the most progress in increasing its rosters since 1991. The states that have the highest percentage of students with disabilities in pre-school:
The states that made the most improvement:
The NEGP is a bipartisan, intergovernmental body of federal and state officials created in July 1990 to assess and report state and national progress toward achieving a set of eight National Education Goals. The group is charged with reporting on national and state progress toward the goals, encouraging the development and use of high academic standards and assessments, identifying promising practices for improving education and reaching the goals and building a nationwide, bipartisan consensus to achieve the goals. The panel consists of eight governors, four members of Congress, four state legislators, and two members appointed by the President. "Although we are still awaiting end-of-the-decade updates and this report shows mixed results on many indicators, we already know that the nation has improved its educational performance in several important areas," the group said. Among the improvements the panel noted since the goals were set:
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