Students flagged as honors courses demonstrated greater than expected science growth¶
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q3 i? The honors course indicator was positive and highly significant (p <0.001), suggesting students in honors courses demonstrated greater than expected science growth. → Naomi Duran and Susan Kowalski 2026
Evidence¶
Naomi Duran and Susan Kowalski 2026¶
Naomi Duran and Susan Kowalski. (2026). The middle school science course landscape: Course offerings, enrollment patterns, and implications for assessment. NWEA white paper. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/the-middle-school-science-course-landscape-course-offerings-enrollment-patterns-and-implications-for-assessment/
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Secondary finding from the same regression models predicting overall and subscore growth for 62,328 students. The article reports "the honors course indicator was positive and highly significant (p <0.001)"; no effect size is printed.
"the honors course indicator was positive and highly significant (p <0.001) suggesting students in honors courses demonstrated greater than expected science growth."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Rising honors course-taking was due primarily to better-prepared students, with only small adjusted gains — related
- A very demanding course schedule lowers core-course GPA by about 0.40 points relative to an undemanding one — related
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Students flagged as honors courses demonstrated greater than expected science growth |
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Students flagged as honors courses demonstrated greater than expected science growth |
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2026 |
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