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chapter 3: literacy-related activities in the home
Exhibit 3.1: 3.1 Index Index of of Early Early Home Literacy Activities (EHLA) with with Trends
Countries
2006
Percent
of Students
High EHLA Medium EHLA Low EHLA
Average
Achievement
Difference
in Percent
from 2001
2006
Percent
of Students
Average
Achievement
Difference
in Percent
from 2001
2006
Percent
of Students
Average
Achievement
Difference
in Percent
from 2001
Scotland s 85 (1.1) 547 (3.5) 3 (1.6) 14 (1.1) 522 (8.2) –2 (1.4) 2 (0.4) ~ ~ 0 (0.5)
Canada, Nova Scotia 77 (0.8) 553 (2.3) ◊ ◊ 20 (0.8) 523 (3.4) ◊ ◊ 3 (0.3) 510 (7.8) ◊ ◊
Russian Federation 75 (1.0) 573 (3.2) 9 (1.6) h 20 (0.8) 548 (4.3) –6 (1.3) i 4 (0.4) 520 (6.7) –3 (0.8) i
New Zealand s 74 (1.0) 560 (2.0) 5 (1.5) h 22 (0.9) 519 (3.8) –4 (1.4) i 4 (0.4) 501 (8.0) –1 (0.7)
Israel 73 (1.2) 526 (4.3) x x 22 (1.0) 531 (5.8) x x 5 (0.4) 531 (7.8) x x
Canada, Ontario r 71 (1.3) 563 (3.0) 1 (1.6) 23 (1.0) 541 (4.2) –2 (1.3) 6 (0.6) 539 (8.4) 1 (0.8)
Canada, British Columbia r 71 (1.2) 570 (2.9) ◊ ◊ 23 (1.0) 547 (4.3) ◊ ◊ 6 (0.5) 539 (6.7) ◊ ◊
Canada, Alberta r 70 (1.2) 573 (2.5) ◊ ◊ 25 (1.1) 554 (3.9) ◊ ◊ 5 (0.6) 516 (6.4) ◊ ◊
Hungary 69 (0.9) 560 (3.1) 7 (1.4) h 26 (0.8) 541 (3.7) –6 (1.3) i 5 (0.5) 525 (7.8) –1 (0.7)
Spain s 68 (1.1) 530 (2.5) ◊ ◊ 26 (1.0) 506 (4.0) ◊ ◊ 6 (0.6) 487 (6.4) ◊ ◊
Macedonia, Rep. of r 67 (1.0) 460 (4.3) 6 (1.7) h 27 (0.8) 431 (5.0) –4 (1.3) i 6 (0.5) 414 (9.3) –2 (1.1)
Trinidad and Tobago 67 (1.2) 457 (5.1) ◊ ◊ 27 (0.9) 416 (5.3) ◊ ◊ 6 (0.6) 363 (10.4) ◊ ◊
Georgia 66 (1.5) 481 (3.6) ◊ ◊ 26 (1.2) 461 (4.3) ◊ ◊ 8 (1.0) 458 (11.5) ◊ ◊
Italy 65 (1.0) 561 (2.7) 3 (1.4) h 28 (0.9) 545 (3.9) –2 (1.3) 7 (0.6) 531 (6.1) –1 (0.7)
Slovak Republic 65 (1.1) 542 (2.2) 2 (1.5) 30 (0.8) 524 (3.3) –2 (1.3) 5 (0.6) 475 (15.6) 0 (0.8)
Netherlands s 64 (1.2) 561 (1.8) 9 (1.6) h 30 (1.0) 547 (2.8) –7 (1.4) i 6 (0.6) 544 (5.1) –2 (0.9) i
Canada, Quebec r 64 (1.1) 544 (3.0) 3 (1.7) 30 (1.0) 523 (3.6) –2 (1.6) 6 (0.6) 517 (6.1) –1 (0.9)
Slovenia 64 (0.9) 532 (2.3) 6 (1.4) h 31 (0.8) 510 (3.2) –6 (1.3) i 5 (0.3) 503 (5.2) –1 (0.6)
Poland 62 (1.1) 532 (2.5) ◊ ◊ 32 (1.0) 506 (3.4) ◊ ◊ 6 (0.5) 491 (6.7) ◊ ◊
Latvia 60 (1.1) 550 (2.4) 2 (1.8) 33 (1.0) 532 (3.4) –1 (1.7) 7 (0.5) 526 (5.4) –1 (0.7)
France 59 (1.0) 533 (2.4) 3 (1.5) 33 (0.9) 516 (2.6) –2 (1.4) 8 (0.6) 500 (4.5) –1 (0.9)
Bulgaria 57 (1.9) 562 (4.2) –5 (2.6) 26 (1.1) 540 (5.4) 1 (1.5) 17 (1.8) 524 (9.7) 4 (2.4)
Germany 57 (0.8) 558 (2.5) 13 (1.1) h 34 (0.9) 551 (2.5) –9 (1.2) i 9 (0.5) 531 (4.8) –5 (0.8) i
Iceland r 56 (0.9) 527 (1.9) 3 (1.2) h 35 (0.9) 506 (2.4) –4 (1.2) i 9 (0.5) 492 (5.4) 1 (0.8)
Lithuania 55 (1.1) 545 (1.9) 7 (1.7) h 36 (1.0) 531 (1.9) –3 (1.5) i 9 (0.5) 523 (3.8) –3 (1.0) i
Belgium (French) 52 (0.9) 513 (2.9) ◊ ◊ 36 (0.7) 493 (3.3) ◊ ◊ 11 (0.7) 475 (5.5) ◊ ◊
Denmark 52 (1.1) 558 (2.5) ◊ ◊ 36 (1.0) 541 (3.1) ◊ ◊ 11 (0.6) 529 (4.6) ◊ ◊
Austria 52 (1.0) 552 (2.3) ◊ ◊ 37 (0.9) 532 (2.4) ◊ ◊ 11 (0.6) 510 (3.7) ◊ ◊
Romania 51 (1.9) 518 (3.8) –3 (2.4) 30 (1.3) 483 (5.2) 0 (1.7) 19 (1.8) 427 (10.0) 4 (2.1)
Norway 49 (1.2) 509 (3.1) 2 (1.7) 41 (1.2) 495 (3.5) 0 (1.7) 11 (0.7) 485 (6.4) –2 (1.2)
South Africa r 49 (0.9) 325 (8.0) ◊ ◊ 40 (0.7) 285 (4.7) ◊ ◊ 11 (0.4) 277 (5.3) ◊ ◊
Kuwait r 48 (1.1) 355 (4.5) ◊ ◊ 39 (0.9) 327 (5.3) ◊ ◊ 13 (0.7) 311 (9.6) ◊ ◊
Luxembourg 47 (0.7) 574 (1.4) ◊ ◊ 36 (0.7) 553 (2.0) ◊ ◊ 17 (0.4) 535 (2.0) ◊ ◊
Sweden 46 (1.1) 561 (2.6) 5 (1.3) h 40 (1.0) 547 (2.7) –5 (1.2) i 14 (0.7) 532 (3.6) 0 (0.8)
Moldova, Rep. of 46 (1.3) 513 (3.7) 5 (1.8) h 36 (1.2) 494 (3.2) –3 (1.6) 17 (1.1) 480 (6.0) –2 (1.6)
Indonesia 44 (1.6) 418 (4.2) ◊ ◊ 37 (1.4) 404 (4.8) ◊ ◊ 19 (1.8) 383 (5.4) ◊ ◊
Belgium (Flemish) 41 (0.9) 560 (2.4) ◊ ◊ 41 (0.8) 544 (2.1) ◊ ◊ 18 (0.7) 530 (2.6) ◊ ◊
Singapore 38 (0.8) 581 (2.8) 1 (1.3) 42 (0.6) 553 (2.9) 0 (0.9) 20 (0.6) 534 (4.2) –1 (1.0)
Qatar s 36 (0.8) 372 (2.4) ◊ ◊ 45 (0.8) 357 (2.2) ◊ ◊ 18 (0.6) 340 (3.2) ◊ ◊
Chinese Taipei 31 (0.8) 557 (2.4) ◊ ◊ 46 (0.6) 535 (2.1) ◊ ◊ 23 (0.8) 515 (3.3) ◊ ◊
Hong Kong SAR r 26 (0.9) 578 (2.6) 10 (1.2) h 45 (0.8) 563 (2.4) –9 (1.2) i 29 (1.1) 558 (3.2) –1 (1.6)
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 25 (1.1) 454 (4.0) 7 (1.6) h 38 (1.2) 432 (3.7) 2 (1.6) 37 (1.7) 390 (4.5) –9 (2.4) i
Morocco 13 (0.8) 357 (9.2) – – 31 (1.4) 340 (6.4) – – 56 (1.7) 306 (8.1) – –
England x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
United States – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
International Avg. 54 (0.2) 515 (0.6) 33 (0.2) 494 (0.6) 13 (0.1) 475 (1.1)
Based on parents’ responses to the frequency of the following activities they engage in
with their child prior to entry into primary school: read books, tell stories, sing songs, play
with alphabet toys (e.g., blocks with letters of the alphabet), play word games, and read
aloud signs and labels. Average is computed across the 6 items based on a 3-point scale:
Never or almost never = 1, Sometimes = 2, and Often = 3. High level indicates an average
score of greater than 2.33 through 3. Medium level indicates an average score of 1.67
through 2.33. Low level indicates an average score of 1 to less than 1.67.
( ) Standard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest
whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.
h Percent in 2006 significantly higher i Percent in 2006 significantly lower
An “r” indicates data are available for 70–84% of the students. An “s” indicates data are
available for 50–69% of the students. An “x” indicates data are available for less than
50% of the students.
A dash (–) indicates comparable data are not available. A tilde (~) indicates insufficient
data to report achievement.
A diamond (◊) indicates the country did not participate in the 2001 assessment.
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NOTE: The International Average does not include the results from the Canadian provinces.
Trend Note: The primary education systems of the Russian Federation and Slovenia
underwent structural changes. Data for Canada, Ontario include only public schools.
SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006