2009The purpose of this study was to see if science high school has
effects on improving student's science achievement. The research
question was from recent doubt about effectiveness of Korean education
on science talented youth. To answer the research question, science
achievement scores of general and science high school students were
compared under the control of variables both at student and at school
level. HLM(Hierarchical Linear Modeling) was employed for analysis.
The results showed that students in science high schools showed higher
numbers than those in general high schools in both raw scores and
scores after consideration of controlling variables. Interests in science
positively predicted achievement scores regardless of school type. The
number of mother's schooling years and SES scores at student-level,
and the school mean SES and school location at school-level were the
significant variables that predicted achievement scores
