However, the gap in reading scores not only remained, but got bigger as the sexes became more equal.

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So once you adjusted for the lack of reading and mathematics, the pay gap would disappear.

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At the foot of the table, Queens Park Rangers closed the gap between themselves and second-from-bottom Reading to three points with a 2-1 win away to Southampton.

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If women were not allowed to learn math and reading, then there would be a broad pay gap that would be justified .

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Boys were found to be reading at a lower level than girls - but the What Kids Are Reading survey, which has been running for five years, says the gap has been narrowing.

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There is also concern that there is a wide gap between the achievements of white and black pupils, with black 17 year olds having an average reading age four years behind their white counterparts.

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Reading's recent form had seen them climb into the top six and they closed the gap on fifth-placed Leeds to one point after Robson-Kanu looped his strike over Turner after 81 minutes.

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