The gender gap in math is back. The pandemic isn’t the only reason.

The gender gap in math is back. The pandemic isn’t the only reason.

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Girls had closed long-standing gender gaps in math test scores and were doing about as well as boys on standardized tests in the years leading up to the pandemic. But the gender gap in math has come roaring back. And according to a new analysis from the testing and research organization NWEA, girls seem to have fallen further behind since stude…