U.S. Male-Female SAT Math Scores: What Accounts for the Gap?
U.S. Male-Female SAT Math Scores: What Accounts for the Gap?
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It’s well known that for the SAT mathematics test a) male high school students in the U.S. have higher scores on average than females, b) the gap is large and statistically significant (+30 points), and c) the male-female math test score gap has persisted over time, since at least 1971, and probably much longer (see chart above, data here from the Dept. of Education). >>>