Alexa Adamo
Georgia State University
<aadamo@gsu.edu>
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> Linda Purrington wrote:
> > Oh, really? Are girls really doing all that much better than boys in the
> > UK? Do advances carry out into the adult world? What are your criteria?
> > What are your stats and sources? Linda
On Thu, 12 Feb 1998, Robert Weverka wrote:
> Yes, All indications I have seen show girls doing better
> than boys overall in both the UK and in the USA.
>
> A good source for UK data is:
> Statistics of Education
> Public Examinations GCSE and GCE In England
> Department for Education and Employment Statistical Volume
>
> For data on the U.S. I have numerous citations to the NCES
> showing relative performance of boys and girls. If anyone
> is interested I can post pointers to this and to indications
> of how this flip-flop in relative perfomance by gender has
> translated to make up in the younger part of the work force.