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lumberjack_jeff

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4. Despite getting grades that preclude them from college
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 06:59 PM
Nov 2012

Boys perform significantly better on standardized tests.

Teachers award grades based on criteria other than apprehension of the subject matter.

Teachers produced by modern colleges are indoctrinated in the idea that elevating the performance of girls is their noble goal. It becomes quickly apparent that suppressing the performance of boys is the easy way to the same outcome.

Disparities in scores by gender and income also widened:

•Average scores dropped 5 points for females and 2 points for males. While females represent more than half (53.5%) of test takers, their total average score (1496) is 27 points below the average score for males (1523).


http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-08-25-SAT-scores_N.htm

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