[Pibe-division] [AERNet] percent of braille users by state

[Mikayla Gephart]

This is good, but it doesn't represent every blind student from every state. Still interesting, though.

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On Jan 29, 2014, at 2:33 PM, Penny Duffy <pennyduffy at gmail.com> wrote:

> ok the information is kinda there..   It was very hard to find. 
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> here is  the most recent report i could find from 2012 (data from 2011)
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> http://www.aph.org/federal-quota/dist12.html
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> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Penny Duffy <pennyduffy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I guess the question is who collects the data. I wondering if its because of confidentially concerns but i don't' see why they can't provide learning medium totals. I know my state's ex officio trustee and i may just ask her.  One issue with the APH totals is it doesn't count all blind students (NH was able to raise its numbers by 20 to 30 percent by just reaching out to different populations that don't always get counted.
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>>  I just found that they are required to collect the following data 
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>> Name
>> Date of birth
>> School system or agency in which student is enrolled
>> Grade Placement
>> Measurement of vision in right eye
>> Measurement of vision in left eye
>> Primary reading medium
>> Primary Language of Learner – NEW beginning with 2010 Census
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