Long-running efforts to increase academic achievement for girls in middle- and high-school math seemed to be bearing fruit by 2019. However, pandemic educational disruption reversed this trend , with both NAEP and TIMSS test results in 2023 showing a far sharper decline in math test scores for girls than for boys. Additionally, female students remained underrepresented in upper-level STEM courses, STEM majors, and among those pursuing careers in STEM fields at both points in time. Researchers interested in continuing the pre-Covid rise for girls recently tested a two-pronged approach aimed to improve math performance: tutoring and female role modeling.