Gender: NAEP Performance

 Male graduates completing below a standard curriculum earned higher average 2009 NAEP mathematics scores than female graduates.

 In 2009, male graduates completing a rigorous or midlevel curriculum earned higher average NAEP mathematics scores than female graduates completing the same curriculum.

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Average NAEP mathematics scores, by curriculum level and gender: 2009

Curriculum level and gender	HSTS 2009
	Average NAEP mathematics score		Standard error
Below standard
Male	144		(1.4)
Female	141	*	(1.4)
Standard
Male	145		(1.5)
Female	142		(1.7)
Midlevel
Male	161		(1.0)
Female	155	*	(0.8)
Rigorous
Male	192		(1.2)
Female	185	*	(1.1)

 

* Significantly different (p<.05) from males.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 2009; National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Mathematics Assessment.