The average civics score for male twelfth-graders was not significantly different from their average scores in 1998 and 2006, but the average civics score for female twelfth-graders in 2010 was lower than their average scores in 1998 and 2006.
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The average civics score for male twelfth-graders was not significantly different from their average scores in 1998 and 2006, but the average civics score for female twelfth-graders in 2010 was lower than their average scores in 1998 and 2006.