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chapter 5: school curriculum <strong>and</strong> organization for teaching reading<br />

Exhibit 5.9: 5.9 Schools’ Grade–by–Grade Grade-by-Grade Emphases on on Reading Comprehension Skills or<br />

Strategies (Continued) or Strategies (Continued)<br />

Countries<br />

Grade by Which Skill or Strategy Is Emphasized for at Least 50% of the Students<br />

Explaining or<br />

Supporting<br />

Underst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />

of Text<br />

Comparing<br />

Text with<br />

Personal<br />

Experience<br />

Making<br />

Predictions<br />

About What<br />

Will Happen<br />

Next in Text<br />

Comparing<br />

Different<br />

Texts<br />

Making<br />

Generalizations<br />

<strong>and</strong> Inferences<br />

Based on Text<br />

Describing Style<br />

<strong>and</strong> Structure<br />

of Text<br />

Austria 2 2 3 3 3 4<br />

Belgium (Flemish) 2 3 2 3 4 4<br />

Belgium (French) 2 2 2 3 3 4<br />

Bulgaria 2 3 3 3 3 4<br />

Canada, Alberta 2 1 1 2 2 3<br />

Canada, British Columbia 2 2 1 3 2 4<br />

Canada, Nova Scotia 2 2 1 2 2 3<br />

Canada, Ontario 2 1 1 2 2 3<br />

Canada, Quebec 2 2 2 3 3 4<br />

Chinese Taipei 3 3 4 4 4 N<br />

Denmark 2 2 3 3 4 4<br />

Engl<strong>and</strong> 1 1 1 2 2 2<br />

France 3 3 3 3 4 4<br />

Georgia 2 3 3 3 3 4<br />

Germany 2 2 2 3 3 4<br />

Hong Kong SAR – – – – – –<br />

Hungary 2 2 3 3 3 4<br />

Icel<strong>and</strong> 2 3 3 4 4 N<br />

Indonesia 3 4 4 4 4 4<br />

Iran, Islamic Rep. of 3 4 4 4 4 4<br />

Israel 2 2 2 3 3 3<br />

Italy 2 2 3 3 3 4<br />

Kuwait – – – – – –<br />

Latvia 1 1 2 2 2 3<br />

Lithuania 2 2 3 3 3 4<br />

1 Luxembourg – – – – – –<br />

Macedonia, Rep. of 2 3 3 3 3 4<br />

Moldova, Rep. of 2 2 3 3 3 4<br />

Morocco 4 4 N N N N<br />

Netherl<strong>and</strong>s 2 2 2 3 4 4<br />

New Zeal<strong>and</strong> 1 1 1 2 2 3<br />

Norway 3 3 3 4 4 N<br />

Pol<strong>and</strong> 2 2 3 3 3 4<br />

Qatar 3 3 4 4 4 4<br />

Romania 2 2 3 3 3 4<br />

Russian Federation 2 2 2 2 2 3<br />

Scotl<strong>and</strong> 2 2 2 2 3 3<br />

Singapore 2 2 1 3 3 4<br />

Slovak Republic 2 2 3 3 3 4<br />

Slovenia 3 2 3 3 3 4<br />

South Africa 4 4 4 4 4 N<br />

Spain 2 2 2 3 3 4<br />

Sweden 2 2 2 3 3 4<br />

Trinidad <strong>and</strong> Tobago 2 2 2 4 3 4<br />

United States 2 2 1 2 2 3<br />

International Avg. 2 2 3 3 3 4<br />

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

177<br />

<strong>PIRLS</strong> 2006<br />

4th Grade

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