“The most pressing issue related to gender gaps is the lagging performance of boys in reading, ” the report said.

“与性别差异相关的最不容忽视的问题是男孩在阅读方面滞后的表现，”该报告称。

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The IAAF commissioned a gender test on the teenager after her performance levels improved remarkably in the build-up to the World Championships.

由于她在成为世界冠军的过程中进步神速，国际田联对这位年轻选手进行了性别测试。

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The difference of gender of result reward fashion was significant, and the novelty performance of girls was better than boys'.

在结果奖励方式上存在性别差异，女生的新颖性成绩比男生的好。

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The business case for diversity is strong, and numerous studies on the cost and effectiveness of diversity or why gender diversity is a corporate performance driver list plenty of proof points.

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The research, based on the US-wide National Education Longitudinal Survey, found that a teacher's gender had "large effects on student test performance".

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The 1997 awardees included Luis Alfaro, a Los Angeles performance artist who challenges views on race relations, gender and poverty, and Elouise Cobell of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, who started a bank for American Indians.

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