Mathematics Proficiency Scores
Mathematics Proficiency Scores
The gap between males and females in mathematicsscores at age 17, narrowing since 1973, has disappeared. (See appendix table 1-9.) Scores for both males and females at this age decreased in the 1970s and returned to the 1973 levels by 1990. Since 1973, no gap
between 9- and 13-year-old males and females has existed and scores for both sexes have increased. Males and females at age 9 had the greatest gains (approximately 10 points each) and 13-year-old males
gained 6 points. Only 13-year-old females made no real improvement over the 1973 scores.
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