In schools offering both course types, enrollment differs by race/ethnicity, with more White students in single-discipline courses¶
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q2 i? Greater proportions of Black and Hispanic students are enrolled in multidiscipline courses, whereas more White students are enrolled in single-discipline courses. → 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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Descriptive analysis of enrollment by race/ethnicity in the subset of 318 schools offering both course types (106,614 students), summarized in Figure 3. The article reports "Greater proportions of Black and Hispanic students are enrolled in multidiscipline courses."
"Greater proportions of Black and Hispanic students are enrolled in multidiscipline courses, whereas more White students are enrolled in single-discipline courses."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause
Related Claims¶
- Black students were least likely to enroll in CS overall but most likely to enroll once school-level access to CS is accounted for — related
- South Carolina charter schools enroll larger shares of white students and smaller shares of students in poverty, ELLs, and special education students than TPS — related
- Achievement declines from 2019 to 2022 were smaller for Asian American and White first and second graders than for Hispanic, Black, and AIAN students — related
- ICCSD's enrollment data showed its high school CS courses were not attracting a student demographic representative of the wider district — related
- Access to a complete single-discipline course sequence is rare in NWEA partner middle schools
- Most NWEA partner middle schools offer only multidiscipline science courses, with far fewer offering only single-discipline courses than in the 2018 national sample
- Senior-year advanced coursework is unevenly distributed by race/ethnicity among CPS graduates — a broader claim this one bears on
- Black, Hispanic/Latino/a, and Multiracial preschool children were underrepresented in higher-quality (Tier 4 and 5) programs — a broader claim this one bears on
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In schools offering both course types, enrollment differs by race/ethnicity, with more White students in single-discipline courses |
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In schools offering both course types, enrollment differs by race/ethnicity, with more White students in single-discipline courses |
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