> In 71 per cent of the 122 independent schools surveyed, girls gained more A > and B grades than boys in their 2004 A-levels. Girls achieved more than 10 > per cent better results than boys in one in five schools, with some of the > best establishments in the country showing the widest differences: in > Marlborough College, for example, just 73 per cent of boys got A and B > grades compared to 93 per cent of girls.
The rather big differences among schools suggest that the grade differences are strongly influenced by gender bias of those who give the grades (i.e. nice/beautiful girls tend to get better grades for the same achievement). Note especially "in 71% of the schools" (would be 100% if there was a genuine gender difference in achievement) and "the best establishments in the country showing the widest differences" (those who give higher grades to underachievers _appear_ as "best" establishments). Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
