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chapter 3: literacy-related activities in the home<br />

Participants with the highest percentages (40% or more) of universityeducated<br />

parents included Denmark, Georgia, Icel<strong>and</strong>, Israel, the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s,<br />

Norway, Qatar, <strong>and</strong> the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Ontario,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Quebec. In contrast, countries with relatively low levels of parental<br />

education (more than 25% of students whose parents did not complete lowersecondary<br />

education) included Indonesia (46%), Iran (35%), Morocco (59%),<br />

<strong>and</strong> South Africa (26%).<br />

The <strong>PIRLS</strong> data highlight the powerful association between parental<br />

education <strong>and</strong> children’s reading achievement. Higher levels of parental<br />

education were associated with higher average fourth-grade reading<br />

achievement in almost every country. At 543 score points, the average reading<br />

achievement of students with at least one university-educated parent was 120<br />

points (more than 1 st<strong>and</strong>ard deviation) greater than the average of those<br />

whose parents did not complete lower-secondary education (423 points).<br />

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