Twenty-seven mildly and moderately mentally handicapped special education graduates from a special school and 23 mildly and moderately mentally handicapped special education graduates from a mainstream school were interviewed to determine long range benefits of each program. Interviews 1 and 2 years after graduation were designed to measure differences in employment skill levels, unemployment rates, job satisfaction, arrests and convictions, welfare assistance, financial independence, income level, and other variables. Data suggested that there was little difference in long range characteristics for either group, although the small sample size precluded drawing firm conclusions on either side of the question. (Author/CL)