2008-07-27 No Gender Differences In Math Performance

2008-07-27 \gender equality\No Child Left Behind\University of Wisconsin Madison http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080724192258.htm No Gender Differences In Math Performance &ldquo;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&rdquo; has concluded that the idea that boys are better at math than girls are is no longer true. &ldquo;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. .. "There just aren't gender differences anymore in math performance," says University of Wisconsin-Madison psychology professor Janet Hyde, the study's leader.&rdquo;   