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chapter 2: performance at international benchmarks<br />

Exhibit 2.19 Description Exhibit 2.19: of Description the <strong>PIRLS</strong> 2006 of the Advanced <strong>PIRLS</strong> 2006 International Advanced International Benchmark Benchmark of Reading <strong>PIRLS</strong> 2006<br />

4th Grade<br />

of Achievement<br />

Reading Achievement<br />

Advanced International Benchmark 625<br />

Literary<br />

When reading literary texts, students can:<br />

• Integrate ideas across a text to provide interpretations of a character’s traits,<br />

intentions, <strong>and</strong> feelings, <strong>and</strong> provide full text-based support<br />

• Interpret figurative language<br />

• Begin to examine <strong>and</strong> evaluate story structure<br />

Informational<br />

When reading information texts, students can:<br />

• Distinguish <strong>and</strong> interpret complex information from different parts of text, <strong>and</strong><br />

provide full text-based support<br />

• Underst<strong>and</strong> the function of organizational features<br />

• Integrate information across a text to sequence activities <strong>and</strong> fully justify<br />

preferences<br />

99<br />

SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (<strong>PIRLS</strong>) 2006

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