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Grade 3 Numeracy performance by gender

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A roughly equal number of grade three girls and boys in Papua New Guinea had their performance analysed in the PILNA 2021 numeracy assessment: 52% girls and 48% boys.

Grade 3 Numeracy mean performance in domain and strands by gender

Mean performance of Grade 3 students in domain and strands by gender, PNG, PILNA 2021.

Figure CNF3.4 shows the average numeracy performance of grade three students in Papua New Guinea by gender. Grade three girls and grade three boys scored similarly in all numeracy areas, including the overall numeracy score. This is consistent with the scores in the 2018 PILNA cycle, when, as seen in Figure CNF3.4, the scores of grade three girls were, on average, similar to those of grade three boys in all numeracy areas, including the overall numeracy score.

Grade 3 Numeracy mean performance by gender over time

Mean performance of Grade 3 students in numeracy by gender, PNG, PILNA 2018 and 2021.

Grade 3 Number mean performance by gender over time

Mean performance of Grade 3 students in number strand, by gender, PNG, PILNA 2018 and 2021.

Grade 3 Operations mean performance by gender over time

Mean performance of Grade 3 students in operations strand, by gender, PNG, PILNA 2018 and 2021.

Grade 3 Measurement & Geometry mean performance by gender over time

Mean performance of Grade 3 students in measurement and geometry strand, by gender , PNG, PILNA 2018 and 2021.

Grade 3 Data mean performance by gender over time

Mean performance of Grade 3 students in data strand, by gender, PNG, PILNA 2018 and 2021.