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Sarah Buckley, Senior Research Fellow, Education Research, Policy and Development Division, Australian Council for Educational Research

Boys not only perform better in maths, they are also more confident about the subject than girls

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There is a persistent gender gap in Australian schools. Boys, on average, outperform girls in maths.

We see this in national tests such as NAPLAN, as well as international assessments.

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