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216 chapter 6: teachers and reading instruction
Exhibit 6.10 Emphasis on Decoding Exhibit 6.10: and Emphasis Vocabulary on Decoding and Vocabulary
Background data provided by teachers.
Countries
( ) Standard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest
whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.
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.
Percentage of Students Whose Teachers Reported Various Reading Activities
Teach Strategies for Decoding
Daily Weekly
Less than
Weekly
Help Understand New
Vocabulary in Texts
Daily Weekly
Less than
Weekly
Austria 9 (1.7) 28 (3.1) 63 (3.4) 50 (3.2) 43 (3.1) 7 (1.9)
Belgium (Flemish) 6 (1.9) 14 (2.4) 81 (3.3) 56 (4.4) 37 (4.0) 7 (1.7)
Belgium (French) 5 (1.6) 16 (2.8) 79 (3.3) 65 (3.7) 30 (3.5) 5 (1.4)
Bulgaria 40 (3.8) 45 (4.0) 15 (3.0) 98 (1.2) 2 (1.2) 0 (0.0)
Canada, Alberta 23 (3.1) 45 (3.8) 32 (3.9) 56 (3.5) 38 (3.3) 6 (1.8)
Canada, British Columbia r 19 (3.5) 48 (4.1) 33 (4.4) r 50 (4.0) 44 (4.3) 6 (2.1)
Canada, Nova Scotia 26 (3.6) 45 (3.8) 28 (3.2) 56 (3.6) 37 (3.6) 7 (1.7)
Canada, Ontario 21 (4.1) 48 (5.3) 31 (4.6) 51 (4.9) 43 (4.8) 7 (2.6)
Canada, Quebec 5 (1.6) 27 (4.0) 68 (3.7) 53 (3.7) 43 (3.6) 4 (1.2)
Chinese Taipei 18 (3.2) 47 (3.7) 36 (3.8) 38 (3.6) 50 (3.5) 13 (2.8)
Denmark 6 (1.9) 29 (3.7) 65 (4.0) 45 (3.4) 46 (3.3) 9 (1.8)
England 15 (3.0) 59 (4.0) 27 (4.1) 53 (4.7) 42 (4.6) 5 (1.4)
France 5 (1.5) 16 (3.1) 79 (3.3) 77 (2.7) 20 (2.6) 3 (1.1)
Georgia 46 (4.6) 33 (4.2) 21 (3.3) 96 (1.6) 4 (1.6) 0 (0.0)
Germany 8 (1.7) 21 (2.9) 70 (3.3) 56 (3.7) 33 (3.7) 11 (2.2)
Hong Kong SAR 47 (4.3) 39 (4.4) 14 (3.3) 52 (4.5) 41 (4.2) 6 (1.9)
Hungary 31 (3.5) 32 (3.8) 37 (3.9) 94 (1.7) 6 (1.7) 0 (0.0)
Iceland r 5 (0.1) 24 (0.3) 71 (0.3) 39 (0.4) 43 (0.4) 18 (0.3)
Indonesia 36 (4.1) 39 (4.0) 25 (3.7) 38 (3.9) 42 (4.0) 20 (3.2)
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 22 (3.2) 37 (3.8) 42 (3.5) 68 (3.7) 26 (3.6) 6 (1.8)
Israel 30 (4.1) 38 (4.1) 32 (4.1) 66 (4.4) 29 (4.0) 5 (1.9)
Italy 45 (3.8) 25 (3.3) 30 (3.1) 74 (3.3) 22 (3.2) 4 (1.4)
Kuwait 56 (4.0) 28 (3.7) 16 (3.0) 77 (3.2) 18 (2.9) 5 (1.8)
Latvia 16 (3.0) 29 (3.1) 55 (3.6) 84 (3.1) 16 (3.1) 1 (0.5)
Lithuania 22 (2.9) 28 (3.3) 49 (3.6) 95 (1.3) 5 (1.3) 0 (0.0)
Luxembourg 10 (0.1) 24 (0.2) 66 (0.2) 45 (0.2) 42 (0.2) 13 (0.1)
Macedonia, Rep. of 32 (4.0) 34 (3.6) 35 (3.8) 71 (3.6) 18 (3.0) 11 (2.5)
Moldova, Rep. of 27 (3.5) 42 (4.0) 31 (3.4) 89 (2.7) 7 (2.1) 3 (1.7)
Morocco 56 (4.4) 21 (3.5) 23 (4.0) 91 (2.3) 9 (2.4) 0 (0.0)
Netherlands 6 (1.8) 30 (4.4) 65 (4.7) 60 (4.1) 36 (3.9) 4 (1.5)
New Zealand 33 (2.8) 49 (2.8) 18 (2.3) 60 (3.1) 36 (2.9) 4 (1.2)
Norway 6 (2.0) 37 (4.1) 57 (4.4) 45 (5.0) 47 (4.8) 8 (2.2)
Poland 62 (3.5) 22 (2.8) 16 (2.7) 95 (1.8) 5 (1.8) 0 (0.0)
Qatar s 24 (0.2) 30 (0.2) 47 (0.2) s 73 (0.3) 23 (0.2) 4 (0.1)
Romania 37 (4.1) 32 (3.9) 31 (3.2) 96 (1.4) 4 (1.4) 0 (0.0)
Russian Federation 39 (3.1) 33 (3.0) 28 (2.6) 97 (1.2) 3 (1.2) 0 (0.0)
Scotland 21 (4.0) 54 (4.6) 25 (3.9) 55 (5.0) 43 (5.1) 2 (0.4)
Singapore 16 (2.1) 40 (3.1) 43 (2.9) 53 (2.8) 39 (2.9) 7 (1.3)
Slovak Republic – – – – – – 97 (1.0) 3 (1.0) 0 (0.0)
Slovenia 6 (1.6) 20 (2.6) 75 (2.9) 73 (2.9) 26 (2.8) 0 (0.3)
South Africa 22 (2.5) 35 (2.9) 43 (3.0) 59 (3.2) 30 (3.0) 10 (1.9)
Spain 17 (2.9) 21 (3.5) 61 (4.0) 79 (3.1) 18 (3.1) 3 (1.2)
Sweden 2 (0.9) 13 (2.4) 85 (2.5) 52 (3.4) 38 (3.7) 10 (2.1)
Trinidad and Tobago 52 (4.2) 42 (4.0) 6 (1.9) 68 (3.4) 29 (3.1) 3 (1.3)
United States 33 (4.1) 46 (4.5) 21 (2.8) 69 (3.1) 28 (3.1) 3 (1.2)
International Avg. 25 (0.5) 32 (0.6) 43 (0.5) 69 (0.5) 26 (0.5) 5 (0.2)
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