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268 chapter 7: school contexts
Exhibit 7.11 7.11: Seriousness of Absenteeism in Schools with Trends
Countries
2006
Percent
of Students
Not a Problem
Average
Achievement
Difference
in Percent
from 2001
Hong Kong SAR 82 (3.6) 563 (2.6) 4 (5.5)
Chinese Taipei 73 (4.1) 537 (2.4) ◊ ◊
Scotland r 66 (4.6) 535 (4.5) –1 (6.6)
Austria 65 (4.3) 541 (2.7) ◊ ◊
Norway 62 (5.1) 498 (2.8) –1 (7.0)
Netherlands 62 (4.5) 549 (2.3) –5 (6.4)
Sweden 62 (4.0) 550 (2.6) 0 (6.2)
Belgium (Flemish) 60 (4.7) 550 (2.2) ◊ ◊
Russian Federation 57 (4.3) 574 (3.7) 16 (5.7) h
Iceland r 57 (0.4) 514 (1.7) 18 (0.6) h
Singapore 56 (0.0) 563 (3.5) 1 (3.7)
Germany 53 (3.3) 558 (2.5) 8 (5.6)
Spain 52 (4.5) 520 (3.5) ◊ ◊
Canada, Quebec 51 (4.3) 541 (3.8) 5 (6.8)
Italy 50 (3.8) 555 (3.7) 8 (5.2)
Poland 48 (4.2) 519 (4.0) ◊ ◊
Israel 45 (4.7) 518 (7.2) 9 (6.2)
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 41 (3.6) 432 (5.4) 5 (5.3)
New Zealand 40 (3.7) 550 (3.4) 0 (5.4)
England 39 (3.4) 570 (4.9) – –
Canada, Nova Scotia 38 (3.6) 548 (3.3) ◊ ◊
France 34 (3.9) 533 (3.7) –15 (6.6) i
Belgium (French) 33 (4.5) 518 (3.6) ◊ ◊
Canada, British Columbia 33 (3.9) 565 (3.8) ◊ ◊
Denmark 30 (4.1) 547 (4.9) ◊ ◊
Lithuania 27 (3.9) 543 (2.9) 4 (5.2)
Slovenia 27 (3.4) 517 (2.8) 8 (4.9)
Canada, Alberta 27 (4.3) 568 (5.9) ◊ ◊
Canada, Ontario 26 (4.3) 566 (3.4) –19 (6.3) i
Macedonia, Rep. of r 25 (3.4) 459 (13.2) 13 (4.5) h
Slovak Republic 24 (3.1) 542 (4.7) –4 (4.6)
Bulgaria 23 (3.8) 565 (12.0) 2 (4.9)
United States 23 (4.0) 562 (5.2) –2 (5.2)
Latvia 22 (3.4) 548 (4.8) 3 (4.8)
Hungary 16 (3.0) 550 (6.0) 1 (4.0)
Indonesia 15 (3.0) 417 (9.6) ◊ ◊
Qatar 15 (0.2) 364 (3.5) ◊ ◊
Moldova, Rep. of 14 (3.0) 498 (6.1) 4 (4.0)
Georgia 13 (2.9) 478 (8.9) ◊ ◊
Romania 12 (2.8) 500 (9.9) –19 (4.8) i
South Africa 12 (1.9) 395 (21.8) ◊ ◊
Trinidad and Tobago 10 (2.2) 491 (19.7) ◊ ◊
Morocco r 6 (2.3) 346 (22.4) –11 (3.7) i
Kuwait 5 (1.9) 317 (21.5) ◊ ◊
1 Luxembourg – – – – – –
International Avg. 37 (0.6) 510 (1.4)
Background data provided by schools.
Percent in 2006 significantly higher h 2001 Percent
Percent in 2006 significantly lower i 2006 Percent
( ) 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. A tilde (~) indicates insufficient
data to report achievement.
Percent of Students In Schools
Where Absenteeism is Not a Problem
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.
1 Primary schools in Luxembourg do not have principals.
PIRLS 2006
4th Grade
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
100
SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006