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Year 6 Writing performance by gender

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A slightly unequal number of year six girls and boys in Niue had their performance analysed in the PILNA 2021 writing assessment: 58% girls and 42% boys.

Year 6 Writing performance by gender

Mean performance of Year 6 students in writing by gender, Niue, PILNA 2021

Figure CWF6.3  shows the average writing performance of year six students in Niue by gender in PILNA 2021. On average, the year six girls (551.84, SD = 32.15) scored higher in writing performance than did the year six boys (527.46, SD = 24.67). Year six girls also scored substantially higher, on average, than year six boys in writing performance in 2015 and 2018 (Figure CWF6.4).

Year 6 Writing performance by gender over time

Mean performance of Year 6 students in writing by gender, Niue, PILNA 2015, 2018 and 2021