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appendix c: percentiles and standard deviations of reading achievement
Exhibit C.2 Standard Exhibit Deviations C.2: Standard of Achievement Deviations in of Reading Achievement in Reading
Countries
Mean
Overall Girls Boys
Standard
Deviation
Mean
Standard
Deviation
Mean
Standard
Deviation
Austria 538 (2.2) 64 (1.4) 543 (2.3) 62 (1.7) 533 (2.6) 65 (1.7)
Belgium (Flemish) 547 (2.0) 56 (1.0) 550 (2.3) 54 (1.2) 544 (2.4) 57 (1.2)
Belgium (French) 500 (2.6) 69 (1.3) 502 (2.8) 67 (1.5) 497 (2.9) 70 (1.6)
Bulgaria 547 (4.4) 83 (2.4) 558 (4.4) 80 (2.7) 537 (5.0) 84 (3.1)
Canada, Alberta 560 (2.4) 68 (1.2) 564 (2.4) 67 (1.6) 556 (2.7) 67 (1.3)
Canada, British Columbia 558 (2.6) 69 (1.3) 562 (2.9) 68 (1.7) 554 (3.1) 70 (1.6)
Canada, Nova Scotia 542 (2.2) 76 (1.5) 553 (2.5) 73 (2.0) 531 (2.8) 78 (1.9)
Canada, Ontario 555 (2.7) 71 (1.3) 562 (3.3) 68 (1.4) 549 (3.3) 72 (2.1)
Canada, Quebec 533 (2.8) 63 (1.1) 539 (2.7) 61 (1.6) 527 (3.5) 65 (1.6)
Chinese Taipei 535 (2.0) 64 (1.0) 542 (2.2) 62 (1.3) 529 (2.3) 66 (1.3)
Denmark 546 (2.3) 70 (1.2) 553 (2.8) 69 (1.9) 539 (2.7) 69 (1.7)
England 539 (2.6) 87 (1.6) 549 (3.0) 87 (2.1) 530 (2.8) 86 (1.8)
France 522 (2.1) 67 (1.0) 527 (2.4) 65 (1.3) 516 (2.4) 67 (1.2)
Georgia 471 (3.1) 75 (1.5) 480 (3.3) 73 (1.6) 463 (3.8) 76 (1.9)
Germany 548 (2.2) 67 (1.2) 551 (2.5) 66 (1.4) 544 (2.5) 68 (1.8)
Hong Kong SAR 564 (2.4) 59 (1.2) 569 (2.5) 56 (1.4) 559 (2.8) 61 (1.4)
Hungary 551 (3.0) 70 (1.8) 554 (3.6) 70 (2.3) 548 (2.9) 70 (1.9)
Iceland 511 (1.3) 68 (1.0) 520 (1.7) 65 (1.5) 501 (1.9) 70 (1.3)
Indonesia 405 (4.1) 79 (2.1) 415 (4.2) 76 (2.1) 395 (4.6) 80 (2.6)
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 421 (3.1) 95 (1.8) 429 (5.3) 94 (2.8) 414 (3.8) 95 (2.5)
Israel 512 (3.3) 99 (2.6) 520 (4.1) 96 (3.0) 506 (3.7) 101 (2.8)
Italy 551 (2.9) 68 (1.4) 555 (3.3) 67 (1.7) 548 (3.3) 68 (2.0)
Kuwait 330 (4.2) h (2.1) 364 (4.7) 101 (2.7) 297 (6.2) 109 (2.8)
Latvia 541 (2.3) 63 (1.2) 553 (2.7) 60 (1.3) 530 (2.6) 63 (1.8)
Lithuania 537 (1.6) 57 (1.1) 546 (2.0) 56 (1.3) 528 (2.0) 56 (1.4)
Luxembourg 557 (1.1) 66 (0.7) 559 (1.3) 66 (0.9) 556 (1.6) 67 (1.0)
Macedonia, Rep. of 442 (4.1) 101 (2.3) 453 (4.4) 101 (2.7) 432 (4.4) 100 (2.6)
Moldova, Rep. of 500 (3.0) 69 (1.4) 507 (3.1) 67 (1.7) 493 (3.5) 70 (2.1)
Morocco 323 (5.9) 109 (2.8) 332 (6.6) 106 (3.0) 314 (6.6) h (3.8)
Netherlands 547 (1.5) 53 (0.9) 551 (2.0) 53 (1.2) 543 (1.6) 53 (1.3)
New Zealand 532 (2.0) 87 (1.3) 544 (2.2) 81 (1.5) 520 (2.9) 90 (1.8)
Norway 498 (2.6) 67 (1.4) 508 (2.8) 64 (1.7) 489 (3.1) 67 (1.8)
Poland 519 (2.4) 75 (1.3) 528 (2.6) 74 (1.6) 511 (2.7) 76 (1.6)
Qatar 353 (1.1) 96 (0.9) 372 (1.7) 90 (1.1) 335 (1.7) 97 (1.3)
Romania 489 (5.0) 91 (3.0) 497 (5.0) 91 (3.5) 483 (5.7) 92 (3.4)
Russian Federation 565 (3.4) 69 (2.0) 572 (3.9) 67 (2.1) 557 (3.4) 69 (2.3)
Scotland 527 (2.8) 80 (1.6) 538 (3.6) 78 (1.8) 516 (3.1) 80 (2.2)
Singapore 558 (2.9) 77 (1.6) 567 (3.1) 73 (1.7) 550 (3.3) 79 (1.9)
Slovak Republic 531 (2.8) 74 (2.1) 537 (2.7) 73 (2.1) 525 (3.3) 75 (2.7)
Slovenia 522 (2.1) 71 (0.9) 532 (2.1) 67 (1.3) 512 (2.7) 73 (1.2)
South Africa 302 (5.6) 136 (3.6) 319 (6.3) 136 (4.3) 283 (5.5) 134 (3.6)
Spain 513 (2.5) 71 (1.6) 515 (2.6) 71 (1.9) 511 (3.1) 71 (2.3)
Sweden 549 (2.3) 64 (1.3) 559 (2.6) 62 (1.5) 541 (2.6) 64 (1.7)
Trinidad and Tobago 436 (4.9) 103 (2.6) 451 (4.9) 98 (3.2) 420 (6.0) 106 (2.9)
United States 540 (3.5) 74 (1.3) 545 (3.3) 71 (1.5) 535 (4.4) 77 (1.7)
( ) Standard errors appear in parentheses. Because results are rounded to the nearest
whole number, some totals may appear inconsistent.
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PIRLS 2006
4th Grade
SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006