The assessments were the first since the pandemic for eighth graders in science and 12th graders in reading and math.

Efforts to close the gender gap in STEM education are gaining momentum after setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

An Associated Press analysis finds the gender gap among third through eighth graders has widened, wiping out a decade of ...

In Oakland’s public schools, girls and boys had similar math scores in 2019. Five years later, boys’ scores had risen and ...

In 2023-2024, boys on average outscored girls in math in nearly nine out of 10 districts, an analysis of test scores shows.

The Associated Press analyzed data from the Stanford Education Data Archive and found that in the decade before the pandemic, girls had not only improved math scores nationwide, but they were also ...

Local districts departed from some national trends. But girls’ scores still slid more than boys’, with a few exceptions.