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Year 4 Writing performance by gender

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Slightly more year four boys than girls in Small Island States had their performance analysed in the PILNA 2021 writing assessment: 472 girls and 534 boys.

Year 4 Writing performance by gender

Mean performance of Year 4 students in writing by gender, SIS, PILNA 2021.

Figure CWF4.3 shows the average writing performance of year four students in Small Island States by gender. On average, year four girls (492.14, SD = 44.45) scored higher than year four boys (474.84, SD = 48.97). They also scored higher, on average, than year four boys in writing performance in 2015 and 2018.

Year 4 Writing performance over time.

Mean performance of Year 4 students in writing by gender, SIS PILNA 2015, 2018 and 2021.