Brief Report: Sex Differences on New York State Regents Examinations: Support for the Differential Course-Taking Hypothesis

In a comprehensive review of sex differences, Maccoby and Jacklin (1974) concluded that male students consistently outperformed female students on mathematics tests. Hyde (1981), using results from the pertinent studies reported by Maccoby and Jacklin, reported that although the differences consistently favored male students, the sizes of the differences were generally small.