Palo Alto (CA) Unified School District CST English/Math (2006) Scores - Differences Between Boys and Girls

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Memo: To: The Public Fm: Wayne Martin/Palo Alto, CA Dt: December 22nd, 2011 Re: Palo Alto

(CA) Unified School District CST Math/English Scores (2005-06) Differences Between Boys and Girls The following data, taken from the California Department of Educations web-site, provides the detailed results for the California STAR English Language (ELA) and Mathematics Tests for the Palo Alto (CA) Unified School District (PAUSD) for the 2005-06 school year, showing the differences between boys and girls:

District Code 69641 69641 69641 69641 69641 69641 69641 69641 69641 69641 69641 69641

School Code District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide

Grade 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 7

Test C C C C C C C C C C N N

Test ID 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 1 1

Test Name CST English-Language Arts Standards CST English-Language Arts Standards CST English-Language Arts Standards CST English-Language Arts Standards CST English-Language Arts Standards CST English-Language Arts Standards CST English-Language Arts Standards CST English-Language Arts Standards CST English-Language Arts Standards CST English-Language Arts Standards CAT/6 Reading CAT/6 Reading

Female Students Tested 404 386 391 391 390 401 376 406 375 286 385 400

Female MSS 413.0 393.6 427.6 408.3 399.4 406.6 408.1 413.7 403.9 402.9 662.3 706.8

Female Perf Level Advanced Proficient Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Proficient Advanced

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Girls and Boys STAR ELA Scores (2005-2006)


Raw Scores 440.0 420.0 400.0 380.0 360.0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Grades Girls Boys

CST STAR Mathematics Tests Differences Boys and Girls

Distric t Code 69641 69641 69641 69641 69641 69641 69641 69641

School Code District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide District Wide

Grade 2 3 4 5 6 7 3 7

Test C C C C C C N N

Test ID 8 8 8 8 8 8 2 2

Test Name CST Mathematics CST Mathematics CST Mathematics CST Mathematics CST Mathematics CST Mathematics CAT/6 Mathematics CAT/6 Mathematics

Female Students Tested 404 387 390 390 391 400 387 399

Female MSS 440.9 429.8 434.9 441.8 406.0 407.0 653.1 716.3

Female Perf Level Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Proficient Proficient Advanced Advanced

Male Students Tested 392 367 393 402 426 363 367 364

Male MSS 448.7 445.9 434.7 457.8 421.0 411.2 661.1 720.8

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Boys And Girls CST/MATH STAR Test Scores (2005-2006)


Raw Test Scores 480 460 440 420 400 380 2 3 4 Grades 5 6 7

Girls Boys

Source: CA DoEd Observations: 1) Girls seem to perform better in the English Language tests, whereas Boys seem to perform better in mathematics. The actual raw score differences are not at all large, however, 2) There is a continual decline in test scores as students get closer to high school.

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