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198 chapter 6: teachers and reading instruction
Exhibit 6.1 Reading Teachers’ Exhibit 6.1: Formal Reading Education Teachers’ Formal Education*
Background data provided by teachers.
Countries
Based on countries' categorizations to UNESCO's International Standard Classification of
Education (Operational Manual for ISCED-1997).
* Includes technical / occupational / vocational programs.
( ) Standard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest
whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.
University Degree
Percentage of Students by Teachers’
Highest Level of Formal Education
College or
University
Program*
of 2 or 3 Years
Completed
Upper-secondary
School
Did Not Complete
Upper-secondary
School
Percentage of
Students
Taught by
Certified
Teachers
Austria 4 (1.4) 94 (1.8) 2 (1.2) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Belgium (Flemish) 5 (1.3) 95 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Belgium (French) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 98 (0.7)
Bulgaria 81 (3.5) 19 (3.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Canada, Alberta 100 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Canada, British Columbia r 98 (1.2) 2 (1.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) r 100 (0.0)
Canada, Nova Scotia 90 (2.2) 10 (2.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.2)
Canada, Ontario 98 (1.2) 2 (1.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Canada, Quebec 100 (0.2) 0 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 96 (1.5)
Chinese Taipei 96 (1.7) 4 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 98 (1.4)
Denmark 93 (2.5) 5 (1.9) 2 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 92 (2.3)
England 86 (3.1) 13 (3.1) 1 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
France 78 (2.8) 4 (1.3) 18 (2.6) 0 (0.0) 92 (1.9)
Georgia 99 (0.4) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.4) 0 (0.0) 93 (1.9)
Germany 0 (0.0) 75 (3.0) 24 (2.9) 2 (1.1) 99 (0.6)
Hong Kong SAR 67 (3.6) 31 (3.5) 3 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 98 (1.1)
Hungary 100 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 99 (0.5)
Iceland 88 (0.3) 7 (0.2) 4 (0.2) 1 (0.0) 92 (0.2)
Indonesia 16 (2.8) 59 (3.7) 23 (3.4) 1 (0.7) 96 (1.9)
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 26 (3.5) 40 (4.1) 34 (3.9) 0 (0.0) 72 (3.5)
Israel 81 (3.5) 19 (3.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Italy 24 (3.5) 9 (2.0) 66 (3.7) 1 (0.0) 94 (1.9)
Kuwait 89 (2.8) 9 (2.5) 1 (0.0) 2 (1.0) 97 (1.4)
Latvia 83 (3.0) 17 (3.0) 0 (0.3) 0 (0.0) – –
Lithuania 80 (2.8) 20 (2.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Luxembourg 5 (0.1) 85 (0.2) 10 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Macedonia, Rep. of 42 (3.8) 50 (3.6) 7 (2.4) 1 (0.8) 97 (0.8)
Moldova, Rep. of 59 (4.2) 40 (4.1) 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 96 (1.6)
Morocco 21 (3.4) 9 (2.0) 58 (4.1) 11 (2.7) 99 (0.6)
Netherlands 95 (1.9) 5 (1.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.4)
New Zealand 71 (2.6) 29 (2.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Norway 93 (1.6) 6 (1.5) 1 (0.6) 0 (0.4) 100 (0.4)
Poland 98 (0.8) 2 (0.7) 0 (0.4) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Qatar r 91 (0.2) 8 (0.2) 1 (0.0) 0 (0.0) r 81 (0.2)
Romania 6 (1.3) 40 (3.7) 54 (3.8) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.2)
Russian Federation 70 (3.3) 30 (3.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Scotland 86 (2.8) 6 (2.0) 8 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Singapore 59 (2.7) 40 (2.7) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 99 (0.7)
Slovak Republic 94 (1.6) 3 (1.3) 3 (1.2) 0 (0.0) 98 (0.8)
Slovenia 54 (3.2) 44 (3.2) 1 (0.6) 0 (0.0) 96 (1.3)
South Africa r 33 (3.1) 63 (3.2) 3 (1.2) 1 (0.7) 99 (0.7)
Spain 61 (4.2) 39 (4.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) – –
Sweden 68 (3.8) 31 (3.7) 0 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 100 (0.0)
Trinidad and Tobago 14 (3.0) 68 (4.2) 19 (3.4) 0 (0.0) 97 (1.2)
United States 99 (0.6) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 99 (0.7)
International Avg. 60 (0.4) 30 (0.4) 9 (0.3) 1 (0.1) 97 (0.2)
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.
PIRLS 2006
4th Grade
NOTE: The International Average does not include the results from the Canadian provinces.
SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006