America's Reading and Math Gaps

Understanding the Nation's Report Card

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“By virtually every measure, girls are thriving in school; it is boys who are the second sex,” said Christina Hoff Sommers (author of the War Against Boys) in an Atlantic article back in 2000.

And by nearly every measure, much has not changed since 2000. If anything, the conditions have worsened for boys, and data from the Nation’s Re…