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>