The charts below show the percentages of male and female students getting top grades in 1960 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts below show the percentages of male and female students getting top grades in 1960 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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These two graphs compare students
according to
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the highest
grades
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in the
years
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1960 and 2000. The charts describe separately the
men
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and the
women
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, and their marks in five different objects -
science
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,
arts
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,
maths
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, languages and humanities. The
men
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had higher
grades
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in
science
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and
maths
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in 1960 compared to 2000. In
arts
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and
humanities
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humanities,
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the
men
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were better in the year 2000. They got the same marks in
both
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years
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. In the
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women
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women,
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the situation was completely different. They were assessed by higher
grades
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in
arts
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, languages and humanities in the year 1960.
On the other hand
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, they got lower
grades
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in
science
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, and the same grade in
maths
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. Generally speaking, the
women
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were assessed with better
grades
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in 1960;
science
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and
maths
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were not preferred objects. In the group of
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men
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men,
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there were
the
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constant changes in the height of
grades
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, the lowest grade they got in
arts
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in 1960.
To conclude
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, only languages in
men
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and
maths
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in
women
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were assessed by the same
grades
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in
both
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years
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,
while
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in the other
subjects
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subjects,
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there were many changes during
both
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years
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in
both
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sexes.
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Basic structure: Use less body paragraphs.
Basic structure: Change the fourth paragraph.
Vocabulary: Replace the words grades, years, men, women, science, arts, maths, both with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Only 5 basic words for charts were used.
Vocabulary: The word "compare" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "changes" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • percentages
  • top grades
  • achievement
  • gender disparity
  • educational trends
  • academic performance
  • comparison
  • decade
  • educational policy
  • societal expectations
  • improvement
  • educational attainment
  • graduates
  • academic excellence
  • statistics
  • educational landscape
  • benchmark
  • parity
  • gender roles
  • historical data
  • performance indicators
  • educational improvements
  • longitudinal study
  • scholastic achievement
  • gender gap
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