Science Proficiency Scores
Science Proficiency Scores
In science, the average proficiency scores for both sexes followed the trends of the overall population: declines in
the 1970s followed by increases in the 1980s. At age 13, both males and females declined in the 1970s, but increased in the 1980s; for both sexes, the 1990 scores were about the same as in 1970. The gap between the sexes in science has been
maintained since 1970 for 13- and 17-year-old students; only at age 9 is there no such gap. Although females have made gains since 1982, these were not sufficient to eliminate the score difference between the sexes.
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