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218 chapter 6: teachers and reading instruction
Exhibit 6.12 Teachers’ Reports Exhibit About 6.12: Reading Teachers’ Aloud Reports or Silently About in Reading Class Aloud or Silently in Class
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.
Percentage of Students Whose Teachers Reported Various Reading Activities
Teacher Reads Aloud to Whole Class Students Read Aloud to Whole Class
Daily Weekly
Less than
Weekly
Daily Weekly
PIRLS 2006
4th Grade
Less than
Weekly
Austria 14 (2.5) 35 (3.4) 51 (3.8) 31 (3.5) 50 (3.6) 19 (2.8)
Belgium (Flemish) 42 (3.8) 39 (3.5) 20 (3.2) 61 (4.2) 25 (3.8) 14 (2.8)
Belgium (French) 53 (3.4) 29 (2.8) 18 (2.8) 62 (3.2) 28 (3.3) 10 (2.1)
Bulgaria 89 (2.6) 8 (2.3) 3 (1.4) 90 (1.9) 10 (1.9) 0 (0.0)
Canada, Alberta 75 (3.1) 24 (3.1) 1 (0.5) 32 (3.9) 50 (4.2) 18 (2.8)
Canada, British Columbia r 72 (3.9) 24 (3.8) 4 (1.8) r 32 (3.5) 49 (4.2) 19 (3.6)
Canada, Nova Scotia 81 (2.7) 18 (2.6) 1 (0.6) 29 (3.4) 43 (3.4) 27 (3.5)
Canada, Ontario 78 (3.9) 17 (3.5) 5 (2.2) 41 (4.5) 35 (4.5) 25 (4.2)
Canada, Quebec 50 (4.8) 40 (4.6) 9 (2.6) 40 (4.0) 45 (4.4) 16 (3.3)
Chinese Taipei 25 (3.4) 40 (3.7) 35 (3.8) 33 (4.4) 44 (4.2) 23 (3.5)
Denmark 22 (3.3) 53 (4.2) 25 (3.9) 18 (3.3) 48 (4.2) 35 (4.1)
England 70 (3.9) 29 (3.9) 1 (0.8) 49 (4.5) 38 (4.3) 13 (2.9)
France 54 (3.4) 37 (3.4) 9 (1.6) 76 (2.7) 22 (2.7) 2 (0.8)
Georgia 83 (3.4) 16 (3.3) 1 (0.6) 87 (2.8) 11 (2.6) 2 (1.2)
Germany 14 (2.1) 41 (3.8) 45 (3.9) 49 (3.9) 38 (3.7) 13 (2.4)
Hong Kong SAR 44 (4.4) 46 (4.5) 10 (2.8) 49 (4.7) 45 (4.6) 6 (2.1)
Hungary 32 (3.5) 56 (3.9) 13 (2.9) 62 (3.7) 33 (4.0) 5 (1.7)
Iceland 75 (0.3) 20 (0.3) 5 (0.2) 19 (0.3) 53 (0.4) 28 (0.4)
Indonesia 45 (3.8) 45 (4.1) 10 (2.1) 42 (3.7) 39 (4.4) 19 (3.3)
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 54 (3.9) 41 (3.9) 5 (1.5) 58 (3.8) 38 (3.8) 4 (1.3)
Israel 72 (4.0) 25 (3.7) 4 (1.5) 71 (3.7) 28 (3.8) 1 (0.0)
Italy 72 (3.3) 24 (3.0) 4 (1.6) 75 (2.8) 20 (2.6) 4 (1.7)
Kuwait 94 (2.0) 3 (1.3) 4 (1.5) 75 (3.5) 14 (3.0) 11 (2.7)
Latvia 25 (3.2) 50 (3.8) 25 (3.2) 76 (3.5) 22 (3.4) 2 (0.9)
Lithuania 36 (3.4) 43 (3.4) 21 (2.8) 82 (2.6) 17 (2.6) 1 (0.5)
Luxembourg 13 (0.1) 46 (0.2) 40 (0.2) 34 (0.2) 48 (0.2) 18 (0.1)
Macedonia, Rep. of 73 (3.7) 26 (3.6) 2 (1.1) 72 (3.6) 24 (3.4) 5 (1.9)
Moldova, Rep. of 76 (3.1) 18 (3.0) 6 (2.2) 82 (3.0) 13 (2.5) 4 (1.9)
Morocco 96 (1.7) 4 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 96 (1.6) 2 (1.2) 1 (1.0)
Netherlands 62 (3.9) 33 (3.9) 5 (1.7) 33 (3.6) 53 (3.9) 13 (2.6)
New Zealand 77 (2.4) 19 (2.2) 3 (1.0) 9 (1.5) 44 (2.5) 47 (2.7)
Norway 76 (4.0) 22 (3.9) 1 (0.8) 24 (3.7) 52 (4.0) 24 (3.8)
Poland 70 (3.5) 24 (3.0) 6 (2.0) 77 (3.5) 21 (3.4) 2 (0.8)
Qatar s 82 (0.2) 17 (0.2) 0 (0.1) s 54 (0.3) 36 (0.3) 11 (0.1)
Romania 72 (3.7) 24 (3.6) 4 (1.2) 93 (2.0) 4 (1.5) 3 (1.5)
Russian Federation 61 (3.7) 33 (3.5) 7 (2.0) 96 (1.5) 3 (1.2) 1 (0.7)
Scotland 49 (4.8) 48 (4.8) 3 (1.6) 21 (4.1) 46 (4.8) 33 (4.3)
Singapore 65 (2.7) 31 (2.8) 4 (1.1) 39 (2.5) 52 (2.6) 9 (1.8)
Slovak Republic 41 (3.6) 42 (3.3) 17 (2.7) 78 (2.9) 16 (2.2) 5 (2.0)
Slovenia 49 (3.2) 45 (3.3) 6 (1.4) 57 (3.2) 36 (3.2) 8 (1.6)
South Africa 54 (3.4) 40 (3.2) 7 (1.6) 41 (3.5) 48 (3.6) 12 (1.9)
Spain 76 (3.0) 22 (2.8) 2 (1.4) 82 (2.9) 16 (2.8) 2 (1.2)
Sweden 55 (3.5) 40 (3.2) 5 (1.6) 4 (1.6) 59 (3.7) 37 (3.8)
Trinidad and Tobago 84 (3.1) 15 (3.0) 1 (0.0) 68 (3.6) 31 (3.5) 1 (1.1)
United States 76 (2.9) 21 (3.0) 3 (1.2) 38 (4.1) 46 (3.9) 16 (2.7)
International Avg. 58 (0.5) 31 (0.5) 11 (0.3) 56 (0.5) 32 (0.5) 12 (0.3)
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.
NOTE: The International Average does not include the results from the Canadian provinces.
SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006