<p>Boys are NOT falling behind, at least according to the College Boards statistics.</p>
<p>“The Boy Crisis” selectively presents testing statistics that boys lag
girls elementary,middle and high school achievement. The article
states that girls are 36% more likely to take AP or honors biology
than boys and that twelfth-grade girls score higher on a “standardized
reading test.” According to the College Board AP site, more girls
than boys do sit for the AP biology exam, but more boys than girls sit
for the AP calculus, chemistry, physics, computer science, economics
and music theory exams. Although more girls sat for the 2005 AP
Biology exam, boys outscored girls with mean scores of 3.11 vs. 2.90.
While twelfth-grade girls may score higher on some standardized
reading test, boys have outscored girls on both the verbal and math
portions of the SAT for every year since 1972.</p>
<p>p.s. Newsweek declined to print this reply.</p>
<p>Here are the links the College Board data.</p>
<p>SAT 2005 college bound seniors scores and trends (1972-2005):
<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2005/2005-college-bound-seniors.pdf</a></p>
<p>AP scores national summary spreadsheet 2005
<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/student/testing/ap/sumrpts/2005/xls/national_summary.xls</a></p>
<p>AP Report to the Nation 2005
<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;