Gender Gaps in Assessment Outcomes in Vermont and the United States

By Josephine Louie and Stacy Ehrlich

Using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP), the report examines how gender gaps differ between Vermont NAEP scores and U.S. NAEP scores and between Vermont NAEP and NECAP scores in grades 4 and 8. Overall and disaggregated by poverty and disability status, gender achievement gaps in Vermont resembled those in the country as a whole except in a few cases.

Contact Info: Josephine Louie (1-800-225-4276 x2883)

Published by: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands Order Info

Download a copy of Gender Gaps in Assessment Outcomes in Vermont and the United States (PDF, 980 KB): http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northwest/pdf/REL_2008062.pdf

Price: Free
ISBN: REL 2008 062
(68 pp.) PDF