Challenging Courses, Student Achievement, and Barriers to Implementation
2. Claims Examined
The research in this proposal investigates the relationship between classroom instruction
and student achievement. We classified each grade (5-8) in each partnership school as a
high implementing, moderate implementing, or low implementing grade based on the level of
implementation of challenging inquiry-based classroom instruction. Our hypothesis is that
students in high implementing grades will show more growth in test scores than students in
moderate or low implementing grades.
