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260 chapter 7: school contexts<br />
Exhibit 7.6 Exhibit Workspace 7.6: Workspace for Teachers for Teachers Provided Provided by Schools by Schools<br />
Countries<br />
Percent of Students Whose Schools<br />
Provide Teachers with the<br />
Following Facilities<br />
A Workspace<br />
in the<br />
Classroom<br />
A Workspace<br />
Shared by<br />
Several<br />
Teachers<br />
A Separate<br />
Workspace for<br />
Each Teacher<br />
Only at<br />
<strong>Home</strong><br />
Percent of Students Whose Teachers<br />
Prepare Materials for Instruction<br />
Mostly at<br />
<strong>Home</strong><br />
About Equally<br />
at <strong>Home</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
at School<br />
Mostly<br />
at School<br />
Only at<br />
School<br />
Austria 93 (2.3) 63 (3.5) 11 (2.7) 19 (2.6) 37 (3.4) 36 (3.4) 7 (1.7) 2 (1.0)<br />
Belgium (Flemish) 84 (3.4) 78 (4.0) 2 (1.4) 29 (3.2) 45 (3.3) 19 (2.9) 7 (1.9) 1 (0.4)<br />
Belgium (French) 89 (3.0) 79 (3.8) 41 (4.3) 25 (2.8) 44 (3.2) 18 (2.7) 10 (2.4) 3 (1.1)<br />
Bulgaria 97 (1.6) 82 (3.2) 43 (4.4) 29 (3.9) 49 (4.1) 21 (3.3) 1 (0.9) 0 (0.0)<br />
Canada, Alberta 92 (2.3) 77 (3.1) 6 (2.0) 1 (0.4) 12 (2.2) 43 (3.2) 39 (3.3) 5 (1.7)<br />
Canada, British Columbia 89 (2.7) 71 (4.3) 6 (2.2) r 0 (0.0) 10 (2.1) 45 (3.8) 40 (3.9) 4 (1.9)<br />
Canada, Nova Scotia 81 (2.9) 71 (3.6) 9 (2.3) 0 (0.1) 12 (2.3) 52 (3.8) 35 (3.5) 1 (0.7)<br />
Canada, Ontario 80 (4.4) 71 (5.0) 14 (3.7) 1 (0.5) 13 (3.1) 59 (4.7) 26 (3.9) 2 (1.0)<br />
Canada, Quebec 97 (1.5) 74 (4.4) 27 (4.1) 0 (0.0) 15 (2.7) 47 (4.1) 30 (3.9) 7 (2.7)<br />
Chinese Taipei 78 (3.2) 73 (3.4) 47 (4.3) 1 (0.8) 2 (1.1) 81 (3.3) 17 (3.0) 0 (0.0)<br />
Denmark 79 (3.8) 82 (3.7) 6 (2.2) 4 (1.7) 54 (3.7) 38 (4.0) 4 (1.6) 0 (0.0)<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> r 79 (3.9) r 83 (3.5) r 4 (1.8) 1 (0.9) 22 (3.8) 51 (4.1) 22 (3.6) 4 (1.9)<br />
France 79 (3.8) 72 (3.6) 36 (4.7) 10 (2.1) 48 (3.6) 30 (3.4) 12 (2.4) 1 (0.7)<br />
Georgia 97 (1.6) 74 (3.8) 14 (3.1) 14 (2.4) 23 (3.0) 56 (3.9) 6 (2.1) 1 (0.8)<br />
Germany 70 (3.1) 46 (3.2) 1 (0.2) 35 (3.4) 45 (3.6) 17 (2.4) 3 (1.0) 1 (0.4)<br />
Hong Kong SAR 76 (3.5) 73 (3.8) 71 (4.2) 3 (1.5) 11 (2.9) 53 (4.4) 32 (3.7) 1 (0.0)<br />
Hungary 98 (1.1) 97 (1.5) 54 (4.4) 21 (3.6) 53 (4.5) 22 (3.5) 3 (1.6) 1 (0.0)<br />
Icel<strong>and</strong> 97 (0.1) 90 (0.2) 15 (0.3) 1 (0.1) 5 (0.2) 26 (0.3) 61 (0.4) 7 (0.2)<br />
Indonesia 81 (3.0) 78 (3.1) 38 (3.8) 8 (2.0) 33 (3.8) 41 (3.9) 18 (3.4) 0 (0.0)<br />
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 70 (3.5) 35 (3.6) 42 (4.5) 5 (1.9) 10 (2.3) 69 (3.6) 12 (2.4) 2 (1.0)<br />
Israel 31 (3.9) 67 (4.3) 1 (0.9) 24 (3.5) 42 (4.0) 33 (4.0) 1 (1.1) 0 (0.0)<br />
Italy 75 (3.8) 88 (2.5) 4 (1.6) 13 (2.4) 50 (3.6) 34 (2.7) 3 (1.2) 0 (0.0)<br />
Kuwait 72 (4.1) 95 (1.8) 9 (2.3) 6 (1.9) 14 (2.8) 62 (4.0) 18 (3.2) 1 (0.6)<br />
Latvia 77 (3.8) 80 (3.5) 24 (3.8) 7 (2.0) 31 (3.7) 49 (3.6) 11 (2.6) 1 (1.0)<br />
Lithuania 96 (1.8) 77 (3.9) 56 (4.3) 9 (1.5) 32 (3.0) 54 (3.2) 5 (1.4) 0 (0.2)<br />
1 Luxembourg – – – – – – 35 (0.2) 40 (0.2) 22 (0.2) 2 (0.0) 0 (0.0)<br />
Macedonia, Rep. of r 85 (3.6) r 60 (4.5) r 11 (2.6) 30 (3.7) 45 (4.4) 24 (3.4) 1 (0.7) 0 (0.0)<br />
Moldova, Rep. of 98 (1.2) 42 (4.6) 26 (4.1) 15 (3.0) 14 (2.7) 66 (3.8) 6 (1.7) 0 (0.0)<br />
Morocco r 84 (3.2) r 35 (4.9) r 50 (4.0) 70 (4.2) 27 (4.0) 3 (1.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s r 70 (4.4) 67 (4.2) r 0 (0.0) 2 (1.1) 13 (2.9) 31 (4.1) 51 (4.4) 3 (1.4)<br />
New Zeal<strong>and</strong> 79 (2.8) 64 (2.8) 6 (1.5) 1 (0.4) 15 (2.1) 47 (2.9) 35 (2.7) 3 (0.9)<br />
Norway 37 (4.2) 37 (4.5) 62 (4.9) 0 (0.0) 7 (2.0) 36 (4.1) 57 (4.3) 0 (0.0)<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong> 93 (2.3) 63 (3.3) 13 (2.9) 31 (3.1) 45 (3.9) 24 (3.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.1)<br />
Qatar 79 (0.2) 80 (0.2) 78 (0.2) r 8 (0.1) 14 (0.2) 60 (0.2) 15 (0.2) 2 (0.1)<br />
Romania 85 (2.7) 78 (3.2) 3 (1.6) 23 (3.2) 45 (3.6) 30 (3.5) 2 (1.2) 0 (0.1)<br />
Russian Federation 97 (1.3) 59 (3.3) 67 (3.3) 29 (3.2) 39 (3.7) 28 (3.1) 4 (1.4) 0 (0.0)<br />
Scotl<strong>and</strong> r 98 (1.0) r 61 (5.2) r 13 (3.0) 0 (0.0) 20 (3.5) 55 (4.4) 23 (3.9) 2 (1.0)<br />
Singapore 88 (0.0) 76 (0.0) 93 (0.0) 2 (0.7) 24 (2.2) 52 (2.8) 21 (2.5) 1 (0.5)<br />
Slovak Republic 73 (3.0) 87 (2.8) 3 (1.4) 7 (2.0) 36 (3.4) 50 (3.8) 7 (1.5) 0 (0.0)<br />
Slovenia 87 (2.7) 92 (2.1) 24 (2.8) 8 (2.0) 60 (2.9) 26 (3.0) 6 (1.5) 0 (0.0)<br />
South Africa 84 (2.0) 54 (3.3) 16 (2.1) 5 (1.7) 22 (2.4) 60 (3.1) 13 (2.0) 0 (0.1)<br />
Spain 80 (3.5) 95 (1.4) 5 (1.6) 2 (1.3) 21 (3.3) 48 (4.2) 28 (3.7) 1 (0.7)<br />
Sweden 74 (3.9) 79 (3.4) 27 (4.3) 0 (0.0) 15 (2.7) 40 (4.0) 42 (3.6) 2 (1.0)<br />
Trinidad <strong>and</strong> Tobago 59 (3.8) 38 (3.8) 9 (2.6) 2 (1.3) 29 (3.8) 49 (3.7) 19 (3.0) 1 (0.5)<br />
United States 91 (2.0) 74 (3.4) 14 (3.1) 0 (0.0) 13 (2.5) 47 (3.4) 36 (3.4) 3 (0.9)<br />
International Avg. 81 (0.5) 71 (0.5) 27 (0.5) 13 (0.4) 30 (0.5) 40 (0.5) 16 (0.4) 1 (0.1)<br />
Background data provided by teachers <strong>and</strong> schools.<br />
( ) St<strong>and</strong>ard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest<br />
whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.<br />
An “r” indicates data are available for 70–84% of the students. An “s” indicates data are<br />
available for 50–69% of the students. An “x” indicates data are available for less than<br />
50% of the students.<br />
A dash (–) indicates comparable data are not available.<br />
NOTE: The International Average does not include the results from the Canadian provinces.<br />
1 Primary schools in Luxembourg do not have principals.<br />
<strong>PIRLS</strong> 2006<br />
4th Grade<br />
SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (<strong>PIRLS</strong>) 2006
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