TOM DIPRETE FEATURED IN A NY TIMES PIECE REGARDING SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN'S TEST SCORES IN THE US
Sociologist Tom DiPrete was featured in a piece in the NY Times examining how affluence may effect test scores and performance in math and language arts for boys and girls across the US.
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and KEVIN QUEALY Where Boys Outperform Girls in Math: Rich, White and Suburban Districts
In much of the country, the stereotype that boys do better than girls at math isn’t true – on average, they perform about the same, at least through eighth grade. But there’s a notable exception.
In school districts that are mostly rich, white and suburban, boys are much more likely to outperform girls in math, according to a new study from Stanford researchers, one of the most comprehensive looks at the gender gap in test scores at the school district level.