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chapter 3: literacy-related activities in the home<br />
Exhibit 3.11 Exhibit Students 3.11: Students <strong>and</strong> Parents <strong>and</strong> Parents Speak Language Speak Language of the Test of the at <strong>Home</strong> Test at <strong>Home</strong><br />
Countries<br />
Percent<br />
of Students<br />
Students Speak Language of the Test at <strong>Home</strong><br />
Always Sometimes Never<br />
Average<br />
Achievement<br />
Percent<br />
of Students<br />
Average<br />
Achievement<br />
Percent<br />
of Students<br />
Average<br />
Achievement<br />
135<br />
Percentage of Students<br />
Whose Parents Most<br />
Often Speak Language<br />
of the Test at <strong>Home</strong><br />
Either<br />
Parent<br />
Both<br />
Parents<br />
Austria 74 (1.2) 551 (1.9) 24 (1.1) 520 (3.5) 2 (0.5) ~ ~ 90 (0.8) 80 (1.1)<br />
Belgium (Flemish) 77 (1.3) 555 (1.7) 21 (1.1) 526 (3.5) 2 (0.3) ~ ~ 94 (0.8) 85 (1.2)<br />
Belgium (French) 66 (1.3) 507 (2.3) 32 (1.2) 493 (4.0) 2 (0.2) ~ ~ r 93 (0.9) 79 (1.2)<br />
Bulgaria 70 (2.2) 558 (3.9) 27 (2.0) 537 (7.2) 3 (0.7) 494 (16.0) 83 (2.0) 72 (2.1)<br />
Canada, Alberta 70 (1.5) 566 (2.2) 29 (1.4) 554 (3.9) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ r 92 (1.1) 84 (1.5)<br />
Canada, British Columbia 64 (1.8) 563 (2.6) 35 (1.8) 556 (3.5) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ r 84 (1.6) 73 (2.3)<br />
Canada, Nova Scotia 72 (0.9) 548 (2.3) 28 (0.9) 544 (3.0) 1 (0.1) ~ ~ 98 (0.3) 89 (0.8)<br />
Canada, Ontario 61 (1.8) 562 (2.8) 38 (1.8) 550 (3.5) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ 85 (1.6) 75 (2.2)<br />
Canada, Quebec 64 (1.4) 540 (3.4) 35 (1.4) 532 (2.6) 2 (0.3) ~ ~ 93 (1.0) 78 (1.5)<br />
Chinese Taipei 36 (0.8) 528 (2.6) 63 (0.8) 544 (2.0) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ r 82 (1.0) 54 (1.3)<br />
Denmark 81 (1.1) 551 (2.3) 18 (1.0) 535 (4.3) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ 96 (0.5) 88 (1.0)<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> 76 (1.3) 546 (2.7) 23 (1.2) 532 (4.5) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ x x x x<br />
France 66 (1.2) 531 (2.1) 34 (1.2) 512 (2.7) 1 (0.1) ~ ~ 96 (0.6) 85 (1.2)<br />
Georgia r 85 (1.5) 475 (3.4) 14 (1.2) 486 (6.3) 1 (0.8) ~ ~ 97 (1.2) 73 (1.9)<br />
Germany r 73 (1.0) 564 (2.1) 26 (0.9) 536 (3.3) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ r 93 (0.6) 81 (1.1)<br />
Hong Kong SAR 65 (0.8) 562 (2.4) 33 (0.8) 571 (2.5) 2 (0.3) ~ ~ 98 (0.4) 80 (0.8)<br />
Hungary 75 (1.2) 553 (2.9) 24 (1.2) 550 (4.4) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ 99 (0.2) 89 (0.8)<br />
Icel<strong>and</strong> 64 (0.8) 512 (1.5) 35 (0.8) 513 (1.9) 1 (0.1) ~ ~ r 99 (0.2) 92 (0.5)<br />
Indonesia r 38 (2.0) 403 (5.7) 50 (1.8) 424 (4.3) 11 (1.0) 406 (7.9) – – – –<br />
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 53 (2.2) 447 (3.5) 28 (1.5) 423 (5.1) 19 (1.6) 364 (7.4) 62 (2.0) 52 (2.1)<br />
Israel r 57 (1.1) 524 (4.1) 39 (1.1) 539 (2.9) 4 (0.4) 468 (14.4) s 90 (1.3) 76 (1.5)<br />
Italy 71 (1.2) 558 (3.1) 27 (1.1) 549 (4.1) 3 (0.4) 521 (13.4) 97 (0.4) 89 (0.7)<br />
Kuwait s 26 (1.5) 330 (8.2) 43 (1.6) 367 (5.5) 32 (2.1) 336 (6.3) r 5 (0.5) 1 (0.3)<br />
Latvia 69 (1.4) 546 (2.4) 28 (1.2) 538 (3.6) 3 (0.5) 525 (13.0) 94 (0.8) 77 (1.4)<br />
Lithuania 79 (1.0) 539 (1.7) 21 (1.0) 538 (2.8) 0 (0.1) ~ ~ 99 (0.3) 86 (0.7)<br />
Luxembourg 3 (0.2) 568 (7.1) 44 (0.6) 563 (1.4) 53 (0.6) 553 (1.6) 4 (0.3) 1 (0.1)<br />
Macedonia, Rep. of r 83 (1.2) 450 (4.0) 15 (1.0) 489 (6.8) 2 (0.5) ~ ~ 95 (1.2) 84 (1.4)<br />
Moldova, Rep. of 74 (1.1) 498 (3.3) 25 (1.1) 511 (3.9) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ 96 (0.6) 80 (1.1)<br />
Morocco 50 (2.9) 337 (6.7) 24 (1.7) 337 (8.1) 26 (2.8) 303 (15.0) 71 (3.1) 51 (2.8)<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s 76 (1.2) 553 (1.6) 23 (1.2) 533 (2.6) 1 (0.3) ~ ~ s 95 (1.1) 87 (1.5)<br />
New Zeal<strong>and</strong> 73 (1.0) 542 (2.1) 26 (0.9) 519 (3.1) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ s 92 (0.8) 78 (1.1)<br />
Norway 80 (0.9) 505 (2.2) 20 (0.9) 494 (4.0) 1 (0.1) ~ ~ 100 (0.1) 93 (0.7)<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong> 85 (0.6) 519 (2.3) 14 (0.6) 533 (4.1) 0 (0.1) ~ ~ 100 (0.1) 90 (0.5)<br />
Qatar r 61 (0.7) 360 (1.9) 35 (0.7) 369 (2.0) 4 (0.3) 309 (8.6) s 96 (0.3) 78 (0.6)<br />
Romania 81 (1.6) 495 (4.0) 17 (1.2) 515 (8.8) 2 (0.6) ~ ~ 92 (1.8) 82 (1.9)<br />
Russian Federation 82 (1.1) 568 (3.4) 16 (1.0) 568 (6.3) 2 (0.4) ~ ~ 93 (1.0) 76 (1.2)<br />
Scotl<strong>and</strong> 80 (1.0) 528 (3.0) 19 (1.0) 536 (4.4) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ s 99 (0.3) 90 (0.8)<br />
Singapore 21 (0.7) 571 (3.5) 73 (0.8) 559 (3.0) 5 (0.3) 516 (5.2) r 56 (0.8) 26 (0.9)<br />
Slovak Republic 71 (1.6) 537 (2.3) 26 (1.4) 531 (5.1) 3 (0.7) 439 (31.6) 95 (1.2) 84 (1.3)<br />
Slovenia – – – – – – – – – – – – 97 (0.6) 89 (0.9)<br />
South Africa r 62 (1.2) 306 (6.6) 30 (1.0) 359 (8.0) 8 (0.5) 270 (8.1) r 79 (1.4) 43 (1.4)<br />
Spain 60 (1.3) 519 (2.5) 32 (1.1) 517 (3.0) 8 (0.7) 498 (6.0) s 84 (1.5) 69 (1.7)<br />
Sweden 75 (1.2) 555 (2.3) 24 (1.1) 538 (3.4) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ 93 (0.8) 84 (1.0)<br />
Trinidad <strong>and</strong> Tobago 77 (1.3) 439 (5.0) 20 (1.1) 455 (7.5) 3 (0.4) 351 (13.2) 99 (0.3) 84 (0.9)<br />
United States 72 (1.4) 547 (3.4) 27 (1.4) 534 (4.7) 1 (0.2) ~ ~ – – – –<br />
International Avg. 66 (0.2) 506 (0.7) 29 (0.2) 505 (0.8) 5 (0.1) 424 (3.4) 87 (0.2) 73 (0.2)<br />
Background data provided by students <strong>and</strong> parents.<br />
( ) St<strong>and</strong>ard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest<br />
whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.<br />
An “r” indicates data are available for 70–84% of the students. An “s” indicates data are<br />
available for 50–69% of the students. An “x” indicates data are available for less than<br />
50% of the students.<br />
<strong>PIRLS</strong> 2006<br />
4th Grade<br />
A dash (–) indicates comparable data are not available. A tilde (~) indicates insufficient<br />
data to report achievement.<br />
NOTE: The International Average does not include the results from the Canadian provinces.<br />
SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (<strong>PIRLS</strong>) 2006
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