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Year 6 Writing performance by gender

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A roughly equal number of year six girls and boys in Tokelau had their performance analysed in the PILNA 2021 writing assessment: 48% girls and 52% boys.

Year 6 Writing performance by gender

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

Figure CWF6.3 shows the average writing performance of year six students in Tokelau by gender in PILNA 2021. On average, year six girls (563.78, SD = 41.68) scored higher in writing performance than did year six boys (552.51, SD = 35.43). Year six girls also scored higher, on average, than year six boys in writing performance in 2015 and 2018, as can be seen in Figure CWF6.4.

Year 6 Writing performance by gender over time

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