A persistent gender gap in academic performance plagues Washington-area school systems as girls race ahead of their male peers.
On reading tests, fourth- and eighth-grade girls throughout the suburbs consistently outperform boys, according to an analysis of statewide 2009 testing data. The widest gap was among eighth-grade students in Prince George’s County, where 48 percent of girls passed, compared with 39 percent of boys.
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