White paper

The Middle School Science Course Landscape: Course Offerings, Enrollment Patterns, and Implications for Assessment

April 2026

By: Naomi Duran, PhD, Susan Kowalski

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This white paper examines the landscape of middle school science course offerings, enrollment patterns, and assessment outcomes. The analysis of data from 2,200 schools finds that multi-disciplinary course models now dominate versus single-course offerings, though access to course types varies by race and ethnicity. In addition, students in different course models performed similarly on assessments.

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