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chapter 6: teachers and reading instruction
Exhibit 6.18 Students Exhibit Write 6.18: Students Something Write About Something Class Reading About Class Reading
Countries
Background data provided by students.
Every Day or
Almost Every Day
Percent of
Students
Average
Achievement
Once or Twice
a Week
Percent of
Students
Average
Achievement
Once or
Twice a Month
Percent of
Students
Average
Achievement
Never or
Almost Never
Percent of
Students
227
Average
Achievement
Austria 9 (0.4) 509 (3.9) 30 (1.1) 530 (3.2) 29 (0.9) 547 (2.3) 32 (1.2) 549 (2.6)
Belgium (Flemish) 8 (0.9) 526 (5.2) 26 (1.1) 539 (2.7) 31 (1.1) 555 (2.2) 35 (1.2) 552 (2.5)
Belgium (French) 15 (0.7) 471 (4.1) 34 (1.3) 491 (3.0) 25 (0.9) 514 (3.1) 26 (1.0) 515 (3.1)
Bulgaria 41 (2.1) 547 (5.8) 43 (2.0) 555 (4.7) 9 (0.8) 544 (10.7) 6 (0.7) 522 (9.4)
Canada, Alberta 14 (0.8) 544 (3.6) 31 (1.0) 554 (3.4) 29 (0.9) 573 (3.0) 27 (1.2) 564 (3.1)
Canada, British Columbia 14 (1.2) 541 (5.1) 37 (1.4) 559 (3.3) 30 (1.3) 565 (3.5) 19 (1.1) 564 (3.2)
Canada, Nova Scotia 19 (1.1) 525 (3.6) 36 (1.2) 547 (2.8) 26 (1.0) 554 (3.3) 19 (0.9) 539 (3.5)
Canada, Ontario 16 (1.1) 541 (4.5) 38 (1.3) 553 (3.3) 27 (1.1) 569 (3.7) 18 (1.1) 554 (4.2)
Canada, Quebec 12 (0.8) 508 (4.1) 28 (1.2) 525 (3.3) 30 (1.3) 544 (3.0) 30 (1.4) 543 (4.2)
Chinese Taipei 13 (0.5) 518 (3.6) 41 (1.3) 542 (2.3) 26 (1.0) 542 (2.7) 21 (0.9) 526 (2.8)
Denmark 8 (0.7) 523 (5.1) 34 (1.4) 543 (3.2) 36 (1.2) 555 (3.0) 22 (1.0) 545 (2.8)
England 13 (0.9) 508 (5.1) 32 (1.1) 530 (3.4) 33 (1.1) 560 (4.0) 23 (1.2) 546 (3.7)
France 14 (0.9) 491 (4.0) 36 (1.1) 519 (2.4) 29 (1.1) 537 (2.8) 21 (0.9) 529 (3.1)
Georgia 27 (1.6) 464 (3.4) 41 (1.4) 481 (4.3) 16 (1.1) 476 (5.0) 16 (1.2) 465 (6.0)
Germany 11 (0.6) 522 (4.3) 27 (0.8) 544 (3.2) 30 (0.8) 560 (2.8) 32 (1.0) 556 (2.5)
Hong Kong SAR 11 (0.6) 556 (3.7) 30 (1.1) 564 (3.2) 31 (0.8) 565 (2.6) 28 (1.0) 565 (2.9)
Hungary 16 (1.0) 516 (4.5) 42 (1.2) 546 (3.8) 24 (0.9) 567 (3.3) 18 (1.0) 573 (4.9)
Iceland 10 (0.4) 475 (3.8) 28 (0.8) 507 (2.8) 26 (0.7) 520 (2.0) 36 (0.8) 517 (2.0)
Indonesia 42 (1.2) 409 (4.6) 38 (1.0) 409 (4.4) 12 (0.8) 395 (5.7) 8 (0.7) 398 (8.5)
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 15 (1.0) 419 (5.0) 46 (1.6) 429 (4.1) 26 (1.3) 426 (4.3) 13 (1.1) 397 (8.6)
Israel 25 (0.9) 505 (4.2) 40 (0.9) 511 (4.4) 20 (0.8) 531 (5.2) 15 (0.7) 539 (5.1)
Italy 27 (1.6) 543 (4.9) 44 (1.9) 559 (3.7) 16 (0.9) 553 (3.8) 12 (0.9) 544 (4.7)
Kuwait 24 (1.1) 339 (5.4) 41 (1.0) 337 (5.1) 23 (1.0) 335 (6.3) 12 (1.0) 339 (6.9)
Latvia 16 (0.9) 522 (4.6) 42 (1.3) 544 (2.7) 28 (1.0) 549 (3.7) 14 (0.8) 540 (4.5)
Lithuania 19 (1.1) 510 (3.0) 42 (1.1) 535 (2.1) 27 (1.0) 554 (2.1) 12 (0.7) 550 (3.4)
Luxembourg 4 (0.3) 520 (4.7) 22 (0.5) 540 (2.1) 40 (0.7) 567 (1.5) 33 (0.7) 562 (1.7)
Macedonia, Rep. of 46 (1.6) 445 (5.3) 39 (1.4) 447 (4.6) 12 (1.4) 437 (8.9) 3 (0.3) 483 (13.2)
Moldova, Rep. of 31 (1.9) 501 (4.9) 46 (1.8) 500 (3.5) 18 (1.7) 505 (4.2) 5 (0.5) 476 (9.2)
Morocco 27 (1.5) 330 (6.8) 42 (1.7) 331 (6.9) 19 (1.4) 320 (8.9) 13 (1.6) 302 (15.3)
Netherlands 8 (0.4) 525 (4.8) 23 (0.9) 539 (2.4) 26 (1.2) 555 (2.3) 43 (1.5) 551 (1.9)
New Zealand 17 (1.0) 496 (4.3) 38 (1.0) 535 (2.5) 26 (0.9) 550 (2.6) 19 (0.7) 537 (4.0)
Norway 13 (1.2) 475 (4.1) 36 (1.4) 496 (2.9) 27 (1.0) 512 (3.3) 24 (1.2) 502 (5.1)
Poland 20 (1.0) 506 (3.4) 41 (1.0) 526 (2.8) 25 (0.9) 523 (3.6) 13 (0.8) 517 (5.3)
Qatar 34 (0.6) 350 (2.5) 40 (0.5) 354 (1.8) 15 (0.5) 364 (3.2) 11 (0.4) 368 (3.6)
Romania 36 (2.0) 487 (5.3) 42 (1.5) 500 (5.4) 13 (1.0) 486 (8.6) 9 (0.7) 470 (9.9)
Russian Federation 15 (1.1) 538 (5.4) 41 (1.3) 561 (4.0) 29 (1.8) 581 (4.1) 15 (0.7) 573 (4.0)
Scotland 8 (0.7) 469 (6.2) 38 (2.0) 527 (3.4) 35 (1.7) 542 (3.3) 20 (1.3) 527 (4.6)
Singapore 11 (0.4) 526 (3.9) 26 (0.6) 546 (3.6) 27 (0.7) 572 (3.5) 36 (0.8) 567 (2.7)
Slovak Republic 16 (0.9) 509 (6.3) 39 (1.3) 532 (2.8) 31 (1.3) 542 (3.8) 15 (0.9) 532 (5.4)
Slovenia 12 (0.6) 496 (3.6) 47 (1.0) 522 (2.7) 33 (1.0) 533 (2.5) 8 (0.5) 518 (5.5)
South Africa 41 (1.0) 288 (4.6) 35 (0.7) 308 (6.0) 14 (0.5) 325 (10.0) 10 (0.5) 340 (13.1)
Spain 29 (1.3) 493 (3.5) 37 (1.1) 517 (3.2) 20 (0.9) 533 (3.5) 14 (0.9) 516 (4.6)
Sweden 7 (0.5) 523 (6.7) 30 (1.4) 542 (3.0) 39 (1.0) 556 (2.8) 24 (1.3) 557 (3.1)
Trinidad and Tobago 27 (1.2) 426 (7.5) 42 (1.4) 436 (5.0) 18 (1.0) 454 (7.4) 13 (0.9) 438 (8.5)
United States 23 (1.1) 513 (3.8) 30 (1.0) 542 (4.3) 25 (1.1) 558 (3.6) 22 (1.0) 549 (4.3)
International Avg. 20 (0.2) 482 (0.8) 37 (0.2) 500 (0.7) 25 (0.2) 510 (0.8) 19 (0.1) 504 (1.0)
( ) Standard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest
whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.
NOTE: The International Average does not include the results from the Canadian provinces.
PIRLS 2006
4th Grade
SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006