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chapter 6: teachers and reading instruction
Exhibit 6.5: 6.5 Materials Schools Used Used for for Their Their Reading Instructional Programs (Continued)
Countries
Children’s Newspapers
and/or Magazines
Percentage of Students Attending Schools That Used
Materials from Different
Curricular Areas
Computer Programs That
Teach Students to Read
As Basis As Supplement As Basis As Supplement As Basis As Supplement
Austria 25 (3.5) 50 (4.3) 21 (4.0) 49 (4.3) 13 (2.9) 52 (4.6)
Belgium (Flemish) 4 (1.8) 75 (3.6) 9 (2.5) 66 (4.4) 9 (2.4) 67 (4.2)
Belgium (French) r 7 (2.4) r 51 (4.5) r 7 (2.4) r 39 (4.9) r 1 (0.0) r 24 (4.2)
Bulgaria 0 (0.0) 57 (4.5) 9 (2.3) 66 (4.2) 0 (0.0) 18 (3.2)
Canada, Alberta 4 (1.8) 52 (4.5) 20 (3.7) 59 (4.4) 3 (1.4) 40 (4.3)
Canada, British Columbia 2 (1.3) 52 (4.5) 18 (3.5) 55 (4.3) 1 (1.1) 40 (4.6)
Canada, Nova Scotia 12 (3.1) 63 (4.0) 39 (4.4) 49 (4.3) 4 (1.6) 52 (4.2)
Canada, Ontario 6 (2.3) 66 (4.5) 28 (4.1) 61 (4.5) 5 (1.7) 67 (5.3)
Canada, Quebec 5 (1.7) 56 (5.0) 17 (2.9) 66 (4.2) 2 (0.4) 36 (4.6)
Chinese Taipei 3 (1.4) 55 (4.4) 6 (1.8) 58 (4.6) 1 (0.9) 38 (4.3)
Denmark 0 (0.0) 40 (4.2) 9 (2.4) 56 (4.5) 5 (2.1) 72 (3.9)
England r 7 (2.4) r 49 (4.5) r 29 (4.0) r 56 (4.2) r 11 (3.1) r 53 (4.6)
France 22 (3.7) 54 (4.8) 42 (4.0) 43 (4.1) 0 (0.2) 32 (3.7)
Georgia 7 (2.1) 79 (3.4) 12 (2.6) 62 (4.3) 1 (0.9) 6 (2.1)
Germany 2 (1.2) 60 (3.8) 27 (3.3) 53 (4.0) 10 (2.1) 49 (3.9)
Hong Kong SAR 1 (0.9) 61 (4.0) 4 (1.6) 56 (4.4) 3 (1.5) 59 (4.4)
Hungary 2 (1.2) 73 (4.0) 2 (1.2) 61 (4.3) 0 (0.0) 18 (3.4)
Iceland 0 (0.0) 51 (0.3) 6 (0.2) 58 (0.4) 3 (0.1) 65 (0.3)
Indonesia 2 (1.1) 43 (3.7) 17 (3.1) 31 (4.0) 3 (1.5) 14 (3.1)
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 5 (1.3) 55 (3.5) 8 (1.8) 52 (4.0) 3 (1.2) 7 (1.9)
Israel 6 (2.0) 49 (3.8) 30 (4.1) 45 (4.8) 10 (2.7) 40 (4.9)
Italy 2 (1.1) 32 (3.7) 10 (2.4) 65 (4.1) 2 (1.4) 37 (4.2)
Kuwait 4 (1.7) 37 (4.2) 8 (2.6) 28 (3.4) 34 (3.8) 34 (4.0)
Latvia 1 (0.6) 86 (2.7) 1 (1.0) 86 (3.0) 0 (0.3) 13 (3.0)
Lithuania 0 (0.0) 69 (3.7) 1 (0.8) 71 (4.1) 0 (0.0) 23 (3.6)
1 Luxembourg – – – – – – – – – – – –
Macedonia, Rep. of r 13 (3.0) r 72 (4.2) r 21 (3.6) r 52 (4.5) r 5 (2.0) r 8 (2.7)
Moldova, Rep. of 2 (1.3) 69 (4.0) 16 (3.4) 46 (4.7) 1 (0.8) 3 (1.5)
Morocco s 0 (0.0) s 30 (5.0) s 14 (3.4) s 28 (5.0) s 1 (0.9) s 10 (3.1)
Netherlands r 0 (0.0) r 54 (4.1) r 17 (3.5) r 67 (4.9) r 33 (4.8) r 50 (4.7)
New Zealand 5 (1.3) 60 (3.9) 15 (2.6) 63 (3.5) 4 (1.3) 52 (3.1)
Norway 2 (1.2) 48 (4.8) 14 (3.3) 58 (5.4) 13 (3.6) 63 (5.2)
Poland 1 (1.0) 75 (4.2) 8 (2.4) 52 (4.4) 1 (0.9) 38 (4.1)
Qatar 10 (0.1) 50 (0.3) 28 (0.2) 27 (0.2) 13 (0.1) 40 (0.2)
Romania 3 (1.5) 58 (4.8) 6 (2.2) 50 (4.2) 2 (1.1) 13 (3.2)
Russian Federation 1 (0.8) 71 (2.8) 4 (1.3) 67 (2.6) 1 (0.9) 6 (1.8)
Scotland r 2 (1.5) r 50 (5.0) r 13 (3.3) r 74 (4.9) r 6 (2.5) r 71 (4.3)
Singapore 6 (0.0) 66 (0.0) 13 (0.0) 50 (0.0) 8 (0.0) 46 (0.0)
Slovak Republic 6 (2.2) 75 (3.5) 2 (1.0) 70 (3.5) 1 (1.0) 32 (3.9)
Slovenia 2 (1.2) 84 (3.1) 5 (1.8) 68 (4.3) 3 (1.6) 65 (4.2)
South Africa 8 (1.8) 47 (2.8) 21 (2.5) 39 (2.9) 5 (1.5) 13 (1.7)
Spain 5 (1.9) 45 (4.7) 22 (3.9) 53 (4.4) 4 (1.6) 49 (3.8)
Sweden 3 (0.8) 42 (4.5) 16 (3.2) 63 (4.4) 4 (1.9) 60 (4.4)
Trinidad and Tobago 0 (0.0) 36 (3.9) 7 (2.2) 54 (4.2) 8 (2.6) 29 (4.2)
United States 3 (1.2) 70 (2.6) 16 (3.0) 68 (3.8) 2 (1.0) 60 (4.5)
International Avg. 4 (0.3) 57 (0.6) 13 (0.4) 55 (0.7) 6 (0.3) 37 (0.6)
SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006
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PIRLS 2006
4th Grade