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After the 2024–25 magnet transition, the school improved from two stars to three stars, with gains across Nevada math, ELA, science, and engagement indicators. WestEd’s quasi-experimental analysis of eighth-grade science found Burkholder students scoring 19.3 points higher than matched comparison students, with results not attributable solely to student turnover. Site visits also document implementation progress across theme, recruitment/parent engagement, and facilities/resources.","Burkholder Academy of  \nEnvironmental Science  \nProgress and Impact in 2024–25  \nMarch 2026  \nSara Allender, Jonathan Nakamoto, and Jason Snipes  \nThis research was supported by a Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) grant (S165A230032) awarded to Clark County School District by the  \nU.S. Department of Education.  \nClark County School District received Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) funding in October 2023 to open two new magnet schools. After using the 2023–24 school year to plan a transition, the Lyal Burkholder Academy of Environmental Science reopened as a new magnet school in August 2024. Burkholder has a long history as a middle school serving the Henderson, Nevada, community. However, in recent years attendance had begun to drop. The goal of the MSAP funding was to revitalize instructional programming and draw in families from a broader geographic area.  \nImpact on Student Achievement  \nAfter transitioning to a magnet school in 2024–25, Burkholder improved from a two-star school to a three-star school. A school’s rating is based on a number of indicators, including proficiency on Nevada’s math, English language arts, and science state tests and measures of student engagement , such as the chronic absenteeism rate. All these indicators showed improvement between the 2023–24 and 2024–25 school years.  \nAlthough the improvement in Burkholder’s star rating is a positive sign, there was substantial turnover in the school’s population between 2023–24 and 2024–25. This student turnover could have led to much of the improvement that went into the star rating. To examine whether attending Burkholder improved student achievement, WestEd used a quasi-experimental design to identify a comparison group of students who attended nonmagnet schools in the district and who had similar demographics and prior student achievement as the Burkholder students. WestEd then compared the scores on the state’s 8th grade science test for the two groups. Additional details on the methodology for this analysis are included in the Appendix.  \nAs shown in Figure 1, the scores for Burkholder students included in the analysis were 19.3 points higher than were the scores for the matched comparison  \nstudents. This difference was statistically significant (p \u003C .001) and is considered to have a large impact (effect size = 0.34) compared with the effects of other educational programs and interventions. Overall, the results indicate that attending Burkholder was associated with improvements in the students’ science achievement and that the improvements were not solely a result of student turnover.  \nFigure 1. Eighth Grade Science Scores for Burkholder and Matched Comparison Students in 2024–25  \nBurkholder students  \nComparison students  \n400 410 420 430 440 450 460  \nScience Scale Score  \nNote. The difference between the scale scores for the Burkholder (n = 108) and comparison students (n = 324) was statistically significant (p \u003C .001) and controlled for prior achievement and student demographics.  \nMagnet Transformation  \nOverall, WestEd’s site visits during the 2024–25 school year showed that Burkholder made strong progress in implementing its environmental science magnet program. Implementation highlights from the site visits are presented throughout this section. Details about the site visit methodology are included in the Appendix. The implementation highlights are organized into three categories: magnet theme , recruitment and parent engagement, and facilities and resources.  \nTo assess the progress of the school’s implementation, WestEd rated its observations using the following five levels: readiness, emergence , initial implementation, refinement, and sustainability. These levels are adapted from the  \nstages of program implementation used to evaluate educational interventions.1 Given that this was Burkholder’s 1st year as a magnet school, the ratings reflect successful initial implementation.  \n1. 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