The study, 'Baseline Assessment in Scotland: an analysis of pilot data', led by Professor Eric Wilkinson from Glasgow University's education department, sampled the work of Scottish primary one pupils and children in pre-schools and investigated their abilities in categories including literacy, mathematics and listening and talking.
The findings, to be published in the journal Assessment in Education in July, show that girls surpassed boys in all eight categories assessed. They were far better at expressive communication, where around 55 per cent of girls scored top marks compared with just 35 per cent of boys. In writing, two-thirds of pre-school girls scored top marks, compared with less than half of the boys.
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