Gender and reading: are there really more boys than girls who struggle with reading?

"It is commonly thought that more boys than girls are identified as having a reading disability, but the degree to which there might be more boys remains controversial. The purpose of this research was to examine the major themes and issues relating to the prevalence of boys identified as having a reading disability, and determine whether there really are more boys identified when these issues are addressed... This research examined whether boys and girls differ across a range of reading and related skills, and whether differences were evident in the early school years. The issue of whether boys require different forms of reading remediation was also examined. It was found that there are more boys than girls who are poor readers, but gender ratios are not as high as previously thought... It was concluded that gender is not a strong or consistent predictor of reading ability, and that boys do not require different remedial reading instruction to girls." -- synopsis.