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Exhibit 6.15: Teachers’ Reports About Reading Comprehension Activities After Instruction
PIRLS 2006
Exhibit 6.15 Teachers’ Reports About Reading Comprehension Activities After Instruction with Trends
with Trends
4th Grade
Percentage of Students Who Teachers Asked Them to Do
Various Activities at Least Weekly
Background data provided by teachers.
Countries
Orally Answer Questions
or Give Oral Summary
Percent in
2006
Difference
in Percent
From 2001
Talk with Each Other
Percent in
2006
Difference
in Percent
From 2001
Write Something in
Response to Their Reading*
Percent in
2006
Difference
in Percent
From 2001
Austria 84 (2.6) ◊ ◊ 87 (2.3) ◊ ◊ 85 (2.4) ◊ ◊
Belgium (Flemish) 85 (2.4) ◊ ◊ 52 (4.2) ◊ ◊ 85 (3.3) ◊ ◊
Belgium (French) 67 (3.2) ◊ ◊ 38 (3.4) ◊ ◊ 76 (2.8) ◊ ◊
Bulgaria 97 (1.4) –2 (1.5) 80 (3.1) 0 (4.7) 90 (2.5) 11 (4.0) h
Canada, Alberta 91 (2.2) ◊ ◊ 75 (3.5) ◊ ◊ 91 (2.4) ◊ ◊
Canada, British Columbia r 83 (3.0) ◊ ◊ r 73 (3.6) ◊ ◊ r 97 (0.9) ◊ ◊
Canada, Nova Scotia 84 (3.1) ◊ ◊ 76 (3.6) ◊ ◊ 95 (1.2) ◊ ◊
Canada, Ontario 85 (3.5) –2 (4.6) 76 (4.1) 20 (6.4) h 93 (2.9) –1 (3.6)
Canada, Quebec 75 (3.7) –3 (5.7) 43 (4.4) –3 (6.9) 81 (3.7) –1 (5.5)
Chinese Taipei 75 (3.8) ◊ ◊ 51 (4.7) ◊ ◊ 72 (3.6) ◊ ◊
Denmark 86 (2.8) ◊ ◊ 66 (3.9) ◊ ◊ 73 (3.3) ◊ ◊
England 95 (1.8) 2 (2.9) 81 (3.1) 14 (5.7) h 86 (3.1) –4 (4.1)
France 85 (2.5) 7 (4.2) 50 (3.4) 18 (4.8) h 82 (2.9) –2 (4.1)
Georgia 89 (2.5) ◊ ◊ 76 (3.6) ◊ ◊ 85 (2.7) ◊ ◊
Germany 97 (1.2) 2 (1.8) 93 (2.0) –2 (2.3) 80 (2.7) 15 (3.9) h
Hong Kong SAR 81 (3.6) –4 (4.7) 52 (4.2) 15 (6.3) h 88 (3.0) 9 (5.3)
Hungary 100 (0.0) 1 (0.8) 68 (3.7) 22 (5.6) h 99 (0.8) –1 (0.9)
Iceland 45 (0.3) 0 (0.5) 29 (0.3) 8 (0.4) h 76 (0.3) –7 (0.5) i
Indonesia 85 (3.1) ◊ ◊ 69 (3.6) ◊ ◊ 98 (1.0) ◊ ◊
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 92 (1.8) 6 (3.4) 84 (2.4) 24 (4.5) h 94 (1.7) –5 (1.8) i
Israel 93 (2.1) 4 (3.4) 50 (4.0) –19 (5.9) i 100 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Italy 92 (2.2) –1 (2.9) 75 (3.6) 3 (4.7) 94 (1.8) 5 (2.9)
Kuwait 77 (3.9) ◊ ◊ 58 (4.0) ◊ ◊ 94 (2.2) ◊ ◊
Latvia 99 (0.8) 1 (1.5) 81 (3.2) 18 (5.5) h 85 (2.3) 5 (3.8)
Lithuania 99 (0.5) 2 (1.4) 84 (2.6) 1 (4.0) 92 (1.9) 1 (3.3)
Luxembourg 89 (0.1) ◊ ◊ 82 (0.1) ◊ ◊ 83 (0.2) ◊ ◊
Macedonia, Rep. of 98 (1.1) 3 (2.3) 84 (3.0) 4 (4.2) 99 (0.5) 3 (1.6)
Moldova, Rep. of 98 (1.2) –1 (1.5) 90 (2.6) 3 (4.0) 98 (1.2) 4 (2.6)
Morocco 82 (3.4) –14 (3.9) i 65 (4.7) –11 (6.7) 92 (2.6) 7 (4.7)
Netherlands 75 (3.9) 3 (5.9) 61 (4.5) 4 (6.4) 94 (1.2) 5 (3.1)
New Zealand 91 (1.5) 4 (3.3) 83 (2.3) 5 (4.5) 91 (1.7) 3 (3.2)
Norway 83 (3.5) 3 (4.9) 39 (4.1) 7 (5.4) 93 (2.2) 14 (4.6) h
Poland 99 (0.5) ◊ ◊ 68 (3.9) ◊ ◊ 99 (0.9) ◊ ◊
Qatar s 97 (0.1) ◊ ◊ s 78 (0.2) ◊ ◊ s 94 (0.1) ◊ ◊
Romania 98 (1.0) 1 (1.8) 84 (3.0) 8 (5.0) 97 (1.3) –2 (1.5)
Russian Federation 100 (0.0) 1 (0.7) 81 (2.6) 2 (4.1) 70 (3.4) 24 (5.1) h
Scotland 96 (1.5) 3 (2.5) 72 (4.3) 16 (6.5) h 89 (3.0) 3 (4.0)
Singapore 90 (1.9) –2 (2.7) 67 (2.8) 10 (4.8) h 98 (0.8) 1 (1.5)
Slovak Republic 99 (0.9) –1 (1.0) 55 (3.1) –13 (4.9) i 77 (2.9) –13 (3.8) i
Slovenia 95 (1.4) 3 (2.6) 71 (2.9) 0 (4.7) 96 (1.6) 3 (2.6)
South Africa 85 (1.8) ◊ ◊ 75 (2.6) ◊ ◊ 91 (1.6) ◊ ◊
Spain 91 (2.1) ◊ ◊ 59 (4.2) ◊ ◊ 99 (0.7) ◊ ◊
Sweden 65 (3.8) –1 (5.1) 40 (4.5) –4 (6.0) 78 (2.9) 0 (3.9)
Trinidad and Tobago 95 (2.0) ◊ ◊ 74 (3.7) ◊ ◊ 99 (1.1) ◊ ◊
United States 93 (2.1) –3 (2.8) 82 (2.8) 12 (4.9) h 98 (1.0) 0 (1.5)
International Avg. 89 (0.4) 68 (0.5) 89 (0.3)
* “Write something in response to their reading” is a combination of the teacher’s
responses to the following about activities after instruction: answer reading
comprehension questions in a workbook or on a worksheet about what they have
read; and write something about or in response to what they have read.
( ) Standard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest
whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.
h Percent in 2006 significantly higher
i Percent in 2006 significantly lower
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 diamond (◊) indicates the country did not participate in the 2001 assessment.
NOTE: The International Average does not include the results from the Canadian provinces.
Trend Note: The primary education systems of the Russian Federation and Slovenia
underwent structural changes. Data for Canada, Ontario include only public schools.
SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006