Girls, Boys, and the SAT: Can We Even the Score?.

Rosser, Phyllis

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ERIC Number: EJ366890

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Publication Date: 1988

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Girls, Boys, and the SAT: Can We Even the Score?

Rosser, Phyllis

NEA Today, (Issues '88) v6 n6 p48-53 Jan 1988

Girls get higher average grades than boys in both high school and college, but their Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores average 57 points lower. What this means in terms of college admissions, why it occurs, and what can be done are discussed. (MT)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, High Schools, Higher Education, Mathematics Tests, Prediction, Sex Differences, Test Bias, Verbal Tests

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test)

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