Gender gap trends in 8th-grade STEM were estimated from five years of TIMSS, NAEP, and MAP Growth data spanning the pandemic¶
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q2 i? The study estimated trends in 8th-grade gender gaps throughout the pandemic using five years of data from three national assessments: TIMSS, NAEP, and NWEA's MAP Growth. → Megan Kuhfeld 2025
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Megan Kuhfeld 2025¶
Megan Kuhfeld, Karyn Lewis, Gustave Robinson. (2025). Boys regain the advantage in middle school STEM skills: Post-COVID trends in gender achievement gaps. NWEA Research Brief. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/boys-regain-the-advantage-in-middle-school-stem-skills-post-covid-trends-in-gender-achievement-gaps/
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Descriptive account of the brief's first analysis: five years of data from three national assessments were used "to estimate trends in gender gaps in 8th grade throughout the pandemic". No gap magnitudes are printed in the available text.
"It starts by analyzing five years of data from three national assessments – TIMMS, NAEP, and NWEA's MAP Growth – to estimate trends in gender gaps in 8th grade throughout the pandemic."
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Related Claims¶
- The study explored whether 8th-grade Algebra enrollment varied by gender during and after the pandemic — related
- Boys regain the advantage in middle school STEM skills in post-COVID gender achievement gap trends — related
- The study examines post-COVID trends in gender gaps in 8th grade STEM skills using three national assessments and Algebra enrollment data — related
- A two-million-student MAP Growth sample was used to test whether gender gaps widened among low- and high-achieving students — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- A NWEA research brief examines whether taking Algebra in 8th grade instead of 9th grade improves student outcomes — related
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Gender gap trends in 8th-grade STEM were estimated from five years of TIMSS, NAEP, and MAP Growth data spanning the pandemic |
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Gender gap trends in 8th-grade STEM were estimated from five years of TIMSS, NAEP, and MAP Growth data spanning the pandemic |
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