In the area of language arts, 4th-grade Montessori students did not significantly
differ from the structured magnet, open magnet, or traditional non-magnet schools.
At the 8th-grade level, however, Montessori students had lower achievement than students
in structured magnet, open magnet, and traditional non-magnet schools. For math achievement, 4th-grade Montessori students demonstrated significantly higher scores than students in the open magnet, no difference from students in the structured magnet, and significantly lower scores than students in the traditional non-magnet schools. In grade 8, however, no significant differences in mathematics achievement were found between the Montessori and magnet or traditional schools.