Gender gap persists at highest levels of math and science testing, 30-year study finds
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 11:28
in Psychology & Sociology
A study that examined 30 years of standardized test data from the very highest-scoring seventh graders has found that performance differences between boys and girls have narrowed considerably, but boys still outnumber girls by more than about 3-to-1 at extremely high levels of math ability and scientific reasoning.