Why do girls get lower SAT scores on average than boys?

[kaijura]

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We can’t ignore that more boys than girls avoid college. </p>

<p>Per the National Center for Education statistics:
Males enrolled: 7.8 million
Females enrolled: 10.4 million</p>

<p>Is it possible that the 2.6 million extra females who take the SAT are <em>not</em> those who would have taken it except that they were pushed to go to college? </p>

<p>What I would like to see is a correlation between IQ scores and SAT scores based on gender. I don’t think there is any way to determine gender bias without removing any other potential factors.</p>

<p>Conversely, if females do so poorly in comparison, how do more go to college?

Are we assuming that the male:female ratio for these circumstances is 1:1?
I have no idea of the distribution of the USA’s current ages of pre-college students, but I would venture to guess it’s not evenly down the middle.</p>