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Girls Best Boys in NJ Standardized Test Scores
Contrary to conventional thinking, boys do not best the girls when it comes to math at virtually any level
Written by Colleen O'Dea, NJ Spotlight
It’s official: Girls are smarter than boys.
That’s if you are comparing the passing rates for girls against that of boys on New Jersey’s pre-high school standardized tests, the NJASKs.
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Last week, the state Department of Education released scores and proficiency rates for all standardized tests, including the NJASK given in grades 3-8. Students in those grades all took tests designed to measure their skills in math and English and Language Arts. Fourth and eighth graders also took a science test.
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