New Studies Show Girls Have Eliminated the Math Gap

[Natasha]

New Studies Show Girls Have Eliminated the Math Gap

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/07/new_studies_show_girls_have_eliminated_t.php
Serena Freewomyn
7/30/2008

Remember the posts I ran a few weeks ago about the biological basis of gender differences? One of the articles discussed the myth that girls are inherently bad at math. Well, last week the University of Wisconsin-Madison released a study showing that the math scores of girls and boys have become equal. After sifting through mountains of data - including SAT results and math scores from 7 million students who were tested in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act - a team of scientists says that the old adage that girls are bad at math just isn't true. Whether they looked at average performance, the scores of the most gifted children or students' ability to solve complex math problems, girls measured up to boys.