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Exhibit 3.4 Trends in Parents’ Exhibit Reports 3.4: Trends of Children’s in Parents’ Books Reports in the of Home Children’s Books in the Home
Based on data provided by parents.
Countries
( ) Standard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest
whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.
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.
More than 100 Books 51–100 Books 26–50 Books
2006
Percent
of Students
Difference
in Percent
from 2001
2006
Percent
of Students
Difference
in Percent
from 2001
2006
Percent
of Students
Difference
in Percent
from 2001
Bulgaria 5 (0.5) –3 (0.9) i 11 (0.8) –4 (1.2) i 24 (1.3) –4 (1.7) i
Canada, Ontario r 30 (1.6) –7 (2.3) i 29 (0.9) –2 (1.4) 25 (1.2) 3 (1.7)
Canada, Quebec r 17 (1.0) –2 (1.5) 28 (1.1) 0 (1.4) 31 (0.9) –1 (1.5)
England x x x x x x x x x x x x
France 19 (1.0) 0 (1.5) 28 (0.9) 2 (1.3) 28 (0.8) –2 (1.3)
Germany 19 (1.1) 3 (1.4) h 28 (1.0) 2 (1.3) 31 (1.0) –2 (1.3) i
Hong Kong SAR 9 (0.8) 6 (0.9) h 13 (0.8) 6 (0.9) h 25 (0.9) 7 (1.2) h
Hungary 15 (0.8) –3 (1.3) i 24 (1.1) –3 (1.4) 31 (1.2) 2 (1.4)
Iceland r 28 (0.7) –5 (1.1) i 41 (0.8) 1 (1.2) 26 (0.8) 3 (1.2) h
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 2 (0.2) 0 (0.4) 4 (0.4) 1 (0.6) 11 (0.7) 0 (1.0)
Israel 13 (1.0) x x 22 (1.1) x x 29 (1.2) x x
Italy 5 (0.4) 0 (0.6) 15 (0.7) 2 (1.0) h 29 (0.8) 2 (1.2)
Latvia 13 (0.8) –2 (1.2) 21 (0.8) –2 (1.2) 31 (0.9) –1 (1.5)
Lithuania 5 (0.4) –1 (0.7) 14 (0.7) 0 (1.2) 28 (0.8) 0 (1.2)
Macedonia, Rep. of r 4 (0.4) 0 (0.6) 9 (0.6) 1 (0.9) 27 (1.0) 1 (1.6)
Moldova, Rep. of 2 (0.3) 0 (0.5) 5 (0.6) 0 (0.9) 16 (1.0) 1 (1.7)
Morocco 1 (0.2) – – 1 (0.2) – – 6 (0.6) – –
Netherlands s 17 (1.1) –1 (1.4) 29 (1.2) –2 (1.6) 31 (1.1) 1 (1.6)
New Zealand s 36 (1.0) 2 (1.7) 29 (1.0) –1 (1.6) 23 (0.8) 0 (1.4)
Norway 29 (1.0) –1 (1.6) 36 (1.0) 0 (1.4) 24 (0.9) 0 (1.2)
Romania 3 (0.3) 0 (0.5) 9 (0.7) –1 (1.0) 20 (1.2) –1 (1.6)
Russian Federation 11 (0.8) –1 (1.2) 19 (0.8) 0 (1.1) 32 (1.1) 3 (1.5)
Scotland s 32 (1.4) 4 (2.0) h 29 (1.2) –3 (1.9) 26 (1.0) –1 (2.0)
Singapore 19 (0.6) –1 (1.2) 23 (0.5) –1 (0.9) 32 (0.6) 1 (0.9)
Slovak Republic 5 (0.3) –2 (0.7) i 18 (0.8) –1 (1.2) 37 (1.0) –1 (1.3)
Slovenia 9 (0.6) 3 (0.8) h 19 (0.8) 4 (1.2) h 35 (0.8) 3 (1.2) h
Sweden 28 (1.1) –4 (1.6) i 32 (0.9) –2 (1.2) i 25 (0.8) 3 (1.1) h
United States – – – – – – – – – – – –
International Avg. 14 (0.2) –2 (0.2) i 20 (0.2) –1 (0.3) 26 (0.2) 0 (0.3)
h Percent in 2006 significantly higher
i Percent in 2006 significantly lower
A dash (–) indicates comparable data are not available.
PIRLS 2006
4th Grade
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