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Average Scale Scores and Achievement-Level Results in Mathematics by Gender

  • In 2005, male students scored higher on average in mathematics than female students at both grades 4 and 8.
  • At grades 4 and 8, both male and female students had higher average scores and higher percentages of students performing at or above Basic in 2005 than in 1990.
Achievement-level results in mathematics, by gender, grade 4: Various years, 1990-2005

Achievement-level results in mathematics, by gender, grade 4: Various years, 1990-2005


* Significantly different from 2005.
NOTE: The gray shaded boxes represent results based on administrations when accommodations were not permitted. View complete data with standard errors for grade 4

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