A Recent Re-Analysis of Boys' Performance in School Came to the Conclusion

question 51

Multiple Choice

A recent re-analysis of boys' performance in school came to the conclusion that

• A) minority boys and boys from disadvantaged schools are at risk, but middle-class and upper-class boys are doing as well or better than in the past.
• B) the problems that boys have in school have decreased significantly since they first came to the attention of the public.
• C) the gender gap is closing and there is little difference between how boys perform in school and how girls perform.
• D) it is the group of middle-class and upper-class boys who historically have done well in school who now appear to be at the greatest risk of failure.

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