Figure 9-1. Difference in average scale scores between 15-year-old males and females in reading literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy, by country: 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009

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Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2011

Difference in average scale scores between 15-year-old males and females in reading literacy, mathematics literacy, and science literacy, by country: 2000, 2003, 2006, and 2009

* p < .05 (difference in score points is significantly different between males and females in that year).
¹ Data for the United Kingdom in 2000 and 2003 are not reported due to low response rates.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2004). Learning for Tomorrow's World: First Results From PISA 2003, table 2.5c. Paris: Author; OECD (2007). PISA 2006: Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World (Volume II: Data), table 2.1c. Paris: Author; OECD. (2010). PISA 2009 Results: What Students Know and Can Do—Student Performance in Reading, Mathematics and Science (Volume I), tables I.3.3 and I.3.6. Paris: Author; and OECD. (2010). PISA 2009 Results: Learning Trends—Changes in Student Performance Since 2000 (Volume V), table V.2.4. Paris: Author.

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