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  • Boys Decade Out

    09/20/2006 12:18:21 PM PDT · by JSedreporter · 13 replies · 984+ views
    Accuracy in Academia ^ | September 20, 2006 | Laura Ventura
    English and Math. The two staple subjects of our society. Look at the SAT. Half of the questions are verbal and the other half are math. When measuring a student’s college acceptance worthiness, admission offices place a large focus on how well students perform in these two subjects. Statistically, girls outperform boys in English, while boys outperform girls in Math. Seems fair enough; however, a closer look tells a different story. The National Assessment of Educational Progress provides statistics on female versus male performance in reading and math. By the time children reach the age of seventeen, girls outperform boys...