[English] Fwd: Girls' Gains Have Not Cost Boys

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Girls' Gains Have Not Cost Boys, Report Says 
By TAMAR LEWIN  www.nytimes.com  May 20, 2008

"Girls' gains have not come at boys' expense," says a new report
to be released on Tuesday in Washington .. (snip)

Echoing research released by the American Council on Education and
other groups, the report says that while girls have for years graduated
from high school and college at a higher rate than boys, the largest
disparities in educational achievement are not between boys and girls,
but between those of different races, ethnicities and income levels. 

In examining a range of standardized test scores, the report finds some
intriguing nuggets about the interplay of family income, race, ethnicity
and academic performance. For example, it finds that while boys generally
outperform girls on both the math and verbal parts of the SAT, the male
advantage on the verbal test is consistent only among low-income students.

The report finds that, generally, boys and girls of similar backgrounds
have similar academic success. And the five states in which boys score
highest on the tests known as the nation’s report card are also the
highest-scoring states for girls, it says. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/education/20girls.html?th&emc=th
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Stephen Loosley
Victoria, Australia