The quality of high school curriculum and academic success: Does coursework rigor translate into higher achievement?

• In Event: Poster Session 13
  In Poster Session: Investigations of Science Learning

Abstract

The present paper examines the extent to which high school graduates met course requirements for graduation by curriculum level with a closer look at current high school science curriculum related to student coursework by grade level, reasons for students not attaining more rigorous curriculum levels and possible relationships between curriculum levels and NAEP mathematics and science assessment scores.

Authors

• Judy H. Tang, Westat

• Stephen E. Roey, Westat

• Robert Colby Perkins, Westat

• Philip H. Morse, Retired