At 09:18 PM 12/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
>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
>
>
>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.
>
>Robert Weverka <weverka@optivision.com>
>