Study of 1.6 Million Grades Shows Little Gender Difference in Math and Science at School (theconversation.com)

A study of school grades of more than 1.6 million students shows that girls and boys perform similarly in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects. From a report: The research, published today in Nature Communications, also shows that girls do better than boys in non-STEM subjects. Our results provide evidence that large gaps in the representation of women in STEM careers later in life are not due to differences in academic performance. One explanation for gender imbalance in STEM is the "variability hypothesis." This is the idea that gender gaps are much larger at the tails of the distribution -- among the highest and lowest performers -- than in the middle.

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If course it shows that

[Kohath]

If it showed boys consistently outperformed girls on math and science, it wouldn’t be allowed to be published. For the same reason, the data can never be refuted.

Re: Equal abilities

[AmiMoJo]

when we are talking about differences between sexes biology is a default explanation

That isn't justified when science is telling us that it's mostly social, with only a tiny and often insignificant part being biological.

Re:Equal abilities

[AmiMoJo]

Equality of outcomes is usually determined on an individual basis. When you consider a whole population and the distribution curve that's a measure of equality of opportunity. Like a Monte Carlo test for randomness.