One interesting note: this is for eighth graders. If I recall correctly, that's just prior to the turnaround point for math - girls do better than boys on ever

One interesting note: this is for eighth graders. If I recall correctly, that's just prior to the turnaround point for math - girls do better than boys on everything through elementary and early middle school, and then the gap reverses for math (and remains for reading) in high school. I'd be interested to see stats for 4th and 12th grade to put up some comparisons, but I don't think that's an option without yet more testing.