Recently,educatorsandparentsbecomeconcernedaboutthepoorperformanceofboysinschool.Theso-called"boycrisis"ineducationrefers(61)___boththeiracademicperformanceandtheirbehavior.Inbothareasboys'resultsaremu
Recently,educators and parents become concerned about the poor performance of boys in school.The so-called"boy crisis"in education refers (61)___ both their academic performance and their behavior.In both areas boys'results are much (62)___(bad) than girls'.
USA data shows that the boys rank behind girls in almost all areas of schooling.They earn lower(63)___(grade) overall in primary school and high school.They are behind girls in reading and writing,and 30percent of (64)___ are in bottom quarter of standardized tests,(65)___(compare) with 19percent of girls.
Although the causes of the"boy crisis"are not (66)___(full) understood,some experts believed that the same-sex classrooms and schools may help solve the problem.The idea is (67)___(remove) some of the distractions(分心) caused by the opposite sex,in order to improve students'concentration and hopefully their grades.The first Chinese school to experiment with this idea (68)___(be) the Shanghai No.8Middle School,(69)___ began"boys-only"classes in September,2012.Although it is too early to tell if the reform has made a difference,its supporters argue that the results are(70)___( promise).