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230 chapter 6: teachers and reading instruction
Exhibit 6.20Exhibit Access 6.20: to School Access and to School Classroom and Classroom Libraries Libraries
Countries
With a School
Library
Percentage of Students Size of Classroom Library Percentage of
Students Who
With a School Library
Having More than With a
Classroom
500 Books
10 Magazine
Titles
Library
Average
Number
of Books
Average
Number
of Magazine
Titles
Can Borrow
Books
from Their
Classroom
Library to Take
Home
Austria 53 (4.4) 41 (3.9) 2 (1.1) 73 (3.2) 62 (5.9) 2 (0.3) 67 (3.3)
Belgium (Flemish) 43 (4.4) 16 (3.3) 3 (1.6) 96 (1.8) 114 (6.9) 2 (0.2) 60 (4.2)
Belgium (French) r 72 (4.1) r 34 (4.8) r 5 (2.1) 91 (1.6) r 90 (6.5) s 9 (0.6) 64 (3.3)
Bulgaria 88 (2.8) 70 (3.9) 12 (2.5) 43 (3.6) 11 (1.3) r 3 (0.5) 33 (3.7)
Canada, Alberta 100 (0.4) 98 (1.0) 37 (4.5) 95 (1.7) 179 (10.7) r 5 (0.6) 77 (3.1)
Canada, British Columbia 99 (0.6) r 99 (0.7) r 37 (4.5) r 98 (0.9) r 174 (10.8) s 5 (0.7) r 82 (3.9)
Canada, Nova Scotia 99 (0.5) 94 (1.9) 26 (3.0) 98 (0.9) r 272 (11.4) s 8 (0.6) 94 (1.7)
Canada, Ontario 97 (2.0) 96 (2.3) 27 (4.0) 98 (1.3) 164 (13.2) r 6 (0.7) 84 (3.3)
Canada, Quebec 91 (2.8) 87 (3.5) r 12 (2.8) 88 (3.0) 95 (7.4) r 4 (0.6) 72 (4.3)
Chinese Taipei 99 (0.8) 99 (0.8) 52 (4.2) 98 (1.1) 124 (7.6) r 4 (0.4) 75 (3.6)
Denmark 97 (1.5) 96 (1.8) 58 (4.0) 35 (3.8) 16 (2.3) r 1 (0.3) 30 (3.6)
England r 96 (1.7) r 80 (3.6) r 3 (1.3) 84 (3.5) r 118 (9.6) r 3 (0.5) 70 (4.2)
France 90 (2.4) 63 (3.9) 10 (2.5) 85 (2.4) 78 (7.0) r 5 (0.4) 71 (3.2)
Georgia 93 (2.6) 76 (3.4) 13 (3.2) 55 (4.3) 22 (4.6) r 3 (0.4) 51 (4.5)
Germany 79 (2.8) 34 (3.6) 3 (1.0) 84 (2.6) 52 (3.7) r 3 (0.4) 74 (3.2)
Hong Kong SAR 98 (1.3) 98 (1.3) 25 (4.0) 92 (2.2) r 133 (9.6) r 2 (0.5) 68 (4.4)
Hungary 98 (1.1) 94 (2.0) 37 (4.1) 70 (3.7) 26 (1.9) r 3 (0.3) 54 (4.0)
Iceland 99 (0.0) 98 (0.1) 52 (0.3) 51 (0.3) r 17 (0.1) r 1 (0.0) 37 (0.3)
Indonesia 77 (3.5) 21 (3.4) 15 (3.3) 48 (3.9) 51 (8.4) r 2 (0.4) 42 (3.7)
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 89 (2.0) 39 (3.2) 12 (2.2) 46 (3.8) 30 (3.7) r 1 (0.3) 44 (3.6)
Israel 89 (2.8) 63 (3.7) 9 (2.2) 66 (3.9) 30 (4.1) r 2 (0.4) 49 (4.0)
Italy 94 (2.0) 52 (4.0) 7 (2.3) 69 (3.2) 28 (1.4) s 2 (0.4) 67 (3.3)
Kuwait 99 (0.7) 64 (4.1) 73 (3.6) 20 (3.4) r 4 (0.9) r 2 (0.4) 16 (3.2)
Latvia 100 (0.3) 96 (1.5) 45 (4.2) 60 (3.5) 45 (4.7) r 2 (0.3) 54 (3.7)
Lithuania 99 (1.1) 93 (2.0) 40 (4.0) 80 (3.1) 56 (4.3) 3 (0.2) 75 (3.0)
1 Luxembourg – – – – – – 87 (0.1) 109 (0.4) r 4 (0.0) 82 (0.1)
Macedonia, Rep. of r 93 (2.5) r 80 (3.2) r 6 (2.3) 32 (4.1) 18 (5.8) r 1 (0.3) 28 (4.2)
Moldova, Rep. of 100 (0.0) 91 (2.6) 40 (4.6) 93 (2.0) 36 (3.8) 6 (0.4) r 87 (3.3)
Morocco r 39 (4.3) r 9 (2.9) r 14 (3.9) 35 (3.8) 8 (1.3) 2 (0.4) 33 (3.9)
Netherlands r 76 (4.5) r 39 (4.6) r 1 (1.0) 88 (3.1) r 78 (7.0) r 3 (0.5) 18 (3.3)
New Zealand 99 (0.5) 99 (0.7) 22 (3.1) 99 (0.6) 57 (2.5) r 5 (0.4) 64 (2.8)
Norway 98 (1.0) 92 (2.9) 10 (3.1) 58 (4.9) 27 (3.6) r 2 (0.4) 44 (4.9)
Poland 97 (1.3) 93 (2.3) 30 (3.8) 55 (3.5) 17 (1.7) 2 (0.3) 48 (3.9)
Qatar 99 (0.0) r 85 (0.2) r 57 (0.2) s 68 (0.3) s 16 (0.1) s 6 (0.0) s 64 (0.3)
Romania 98 (0.9) 94 (2.0) 19 (3.5) 62 (4.0) 25 (2.5) 4 (0.5) 61 (4.0)
Russian Federation 100 (0.2) 95 (1.2) 51 (3.6) 83 (2.5) 72 (4.2) 5 (0.4) 82 (2.3)
Scotland r 93 (3.2) r 69 (4.7) r 5 (2.3) 93 (2.5) r 104 (8.8) r 3 (0.6) 65 (4.7)
Singapore 100 (0.0) 100 (0.0) 41 (0.0) 78 (2.4) 45 (2.5) 4 (0.3) 59 (2.8)
Slovak Republic 99 (0.9) 71 (4.2) 11 (2.5) 71 (3.8) 25 (4.1) 3 (0.4) 58 (3.8)
Slovenia 100 (0.0) 99 (0.1) 96 (1.5) 58 (3.1) 21 (2.0) 2 (0.2) 37 (3.1)
South Africa 40 (2.8) 21 (2.4) 7 (1.6) 40 (2.4) 22 (3.5) r 2 (0.3) 25 (2.5)
Spain 98 (1.3) 85 (2.9) 8 (2.5) 85 (3.0) 61 (5.4) s 5 (0.6) 78 (3.8)
Sweden 90 (2.4) 79 (3.6) 10 (3.0) 48 (3.9) 43 (6.8) r 1 (0.2) 38 (3.5)
Trinidad and Tobago 97 (1.6) 41 (4.3) 29 (4.2) 65 (4.1) 29 (4.2) r 3 (0.4) 35 (4.1)
United States 99 (0.6) 97 (0.8) 58 (3.9) 96 (1.3) r 172 (10.2) r 5 (0.5) 84 (2.4)
International Avg. 89 (0.4) 71 (0.5) 25 (0.5) 69 (0.5) 52 (0.8) 3 (0.1) 55 (0.6)
Background data provided by teachers and schools.
1 Primary schools in Luxembourg do not have principals.
( ) 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.
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