Introduction
This analysis concentrates on junior and senior high school students academic achievement across the state of Queensland. It includes the following main points.
Results have been categorised in A, B, C, D, and E, with A being the highest and E being the lowest. also, they are from semester 1 in 2017.
The learning areas of focus are Science, English, and Mathematics.
Male and female students performances are compared based on the number of each gender in each category of results.
Junior Students Performance in Science
The column chart illustrates that among the junior Science students, high achievers (A & B result categories) are dominated by girls.
The number of female students scoring A and B are approximately higher by 5 percent.
For both boys and girls there is a significant drop from C to D which means majority of the students manage to pass Science.
Senior Students Performance in Science
In senior Science classes, the girls still outperform the boys by a strong margin. However, when comparing senior to junior results, while both groups show improvement, boys improve their performance by a greater rate.
Junior Students Performance in English
The chart displays that among the junior English students, high achievers are significantly dominated by girls.
The number of female students scoring A and B are approximately higher by an average of 8 percent.
More that half of the boys are in the middle of the results spectrum (only manage to pass English).
Senior Students Performance in English
In senior English classes, the girls still outperform the boys by a strong margin. And, over 50% of the boys only manage to pass English. An important point is that collectively hardly any students score below the D mark.
Junior Students Performance in Maths
As shown in the graph, in the case of junior Maths the pattern appears to be the same as Science and English where the girls achieve higher marks in comparison to the boys.
Senior Students Performance in Maths
While the main pattern of the boys being outperformed by the boys applies to the senior Maths classes, a significant point is that the boys here have had their highest achievement across all 6 groups visualised.
Overall, the girls show better performance in both junior and senior year for all the learning areas i.e. Science, English, and Maths. With regards to the boys, their academic achievement noticeably improves in senior year compared to junior year.
While the reasoning behind these conclusions and planning to improve the situation are very important, they are beyond the scope of this analysis and require further studies.