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72 chapter 2: performance at international benchmarks<br />

Exhibit 2.2: 2.2 Trends in Percentages in Percentages of Students of Students Reaching <strong>PIRLS</strong> the 2006 <strong>PIRLS</strong> International 2006 International Benchmarks Benchmarks of Reading <strong>PIRLS</strong> 2006<br />

4th Grade<br />

Achievement in of 2001 Reading <strong>and</strong> Achievement 2006 in 2001 <strong>and</strong> 2006<br />

Countries<br />

Advanced International<br />

Benchmark (625)<br />

2006<br />

Percent<br />

of Students<br />

2001<br />

Percent<br />

of Students<br />

High International<br />

Benchmark (550)<br />

2006<br />

Percent<br />

of Students<br />

2001<br />

Percent<br />

of Students<br />

Intermediate International<br />

Benchmark (475)<br />

2006<br />

Percent<br />

of Students<br />

2001<br />

Percent<br />

of Students<br />

Low International<br />

Benchmark (400)<br />

2006<br />

Percent<br />

of Students<br />

2001<br />

Percent<br />

of Students<br />

Singapore 19 (1.4) h 12 (1.4) 58 (1.7) h 45 (2.4) 86 (1.0) h 76 (2.0) 97 (0.4) h 90 (1.4)<br />

2a Russian Federation 19 (1.5) h 5 (0.9) 61 (2.0) h 39 (2.3) 90 (1.1) h 80 (1.9) 98 (0.5) 96 (1.2)<br />

2a Bulgaria 16 (1.4) 17 (1.2) 52 (2.3) 54 (1.9) 82 (1.8) 83 (1.6) 95 (1.0) 95 (0.9)<br />

Engl<strong>and</strong> 15 (0.9) i 20 (1.4) 48 (1.3) i 54 (1.7) 78 (1.1) i 82 (1.2) 93 (0.7) 94 (0.7)<br />

2a Canada, Ontario 15 (1.2) 15 (1.2) 54 (2.0) 50 (1.8) 87 (1.1) h 84 (1.3) 98 (0.5) h 96 (0.6)<br />

Hong Kong SAR 15 (1.0) h 5 (0.6) 62 (1.6) h 39 (1.9) 92 (0.8) h 81 (1.5) 99 (0.2) h 97 (0.6)<br />

Hungary 14 (0.9) h 10 (0.9) 53 (1.8) 49 (1.8) 86 (1.4) 85 (1.0) 97 (0.5) 98 (0.3)<br />

Italy 14 (1.4) 11 (0.9) 52 (1.8) h 48 (1.4) 87 (1.3) h 83 (1.2) 98 (0.4) h 97 (0.6)<br />

New Zeal<strong>and</strong> 13 (0.7) 14 (1.2) 45 (1.0) 45 (1.6) 76 (1.0) 74 (1.4) 92 (0.6) 90 (1.0)<br />

†2a United States 12 (1.2) 15 (1.1) 47 (2.0) 50 (2.0) 82 (1.4) 80 (1.7) 96 (0.6) h 94 (0.7)<br />

Germany 11 (0.9) h 9 (0.6) 52 (1.6) h 47 (1.3) 87 (0.8) h 83 (0.9) 97 (0.3) 97 (0.4)<br />

Sweden 11 (0.9) i 15 (1.0) 53 (1.5) i 59 (1.4) 88 (1.0) i 90 (0.8) 98 (0.4) 98 (0.3)<br />

2b Israel 10 (1.0) 9 (0.7) 40 (1.3) 36 (1.2) 70 (1.3) 67 (1.2) 85 (1.2) 87 (1.0)<br />

† Scotl<strong>and</strong> 10 (0.8) 11 (0.9) 40 (1.4) 42 (1.9) 77 (1.4) 75 (1.5) 93 (0.8) 92 (0.9)<br />

Latvia 8 (0.8) 9 (0.9) 46 (1.5) 49 (2.0) 86 (1.2) 87 (0.9) 98 (0.4) 99 (0.4)<br />

Slovak Republic 8 (0.6) h 5 (0.8) 43 (1.5) h 34 (1.7) 80 (1.3) h 76 (1.5) 94 (0.9) 94 (0.8)<br />

† Netherl<strong>and</strong>s 6 (0.5) i 10 (0.9) 49 (1.2) i 54 (1.8) 91 (0.8) 92 (1.0) 99 (0.2) 99 (0.3)<br />

Canada, Quebec 6 (0.8) 8 (0.7) 41 (1.9) 43 (2.0) 83 (1.3) 84 (1.5) 97 (0.4) 98 (0.4)<br />

Slovenia 6 (0.6) h 3 (0.4) 37 (1.2) h 25 (1.1) 76 (1.1) h 67 (1.2) 94 (0.5) h 91 (0.6)<br />

Lithuania 5 (0.8) i 9 (1.0) 43 (1.3) i 48 (1.8) 86 (0.9) 85 (1.2) 99 (0.3) 98 (0.4)<br />

France 5 (0.6) 7 (0.8) 35 (1.2) 37 (1.4) 76 (1.2) 77 (1.2) 96 (0.4) 95 (0.6)<br />

Romania 4 (0.5) i 9 (1.2) 27 (1.6) i 35 (2.2) 61 (2.2) i 69 (2.0) 84 (1.8) i 88 (1.3)<br />

Icel<strong>and</strong> 3 (0.4) i 6 (0.5) 29 (1.1) i 32 (0.9) 72 (0.8) 71 (1.1) 93 (0.8) 92 (0.6)<br />

Moldova, Rep. of 3 (0.4) 3 (0.7) 23 (1.5) 22 (2.1) 67 (1.9) h 61 (2.1) 91 (0.9) 88 (1.2)<br />

Macedonia, Rep. of 2 (0.4) 2 (0.3) 15 (1.1) 15 (1.1) 40 (1.7) 41 (1.9) 66 (1.6) 67 (2.1)<br />

‡ Norway 2 (0.3) i 4 (0.8) 22 (1.1) i 28 (1.5) 67 (1.6) 65 (1.6) 92 (0.8) h 88 (0.9)<br />

Iran, Islamic Rep. of 1 (0.2) 0 (0.2) 8 (0.7) 7 (0.8) 30 (1.3) 28 (1.8) 60 (1.6) 56 (2.0)<br />

Morocco 0 (0.0) 1 (0.9) 1 (0.4) 4 (1.6) 9 (1.2) 14 (2.6) 26 (2.0) 33 (3.4)<br />

International Avg. 9 (0.2) h 8 (0.2) 40 (0.3) h 38 (0.3) 74 (0.3) h 72 (0.3) 90 (0.2) h 89 (0.2)<br />

h 2006 percentage significantly higher<br />

I 2006 percentage significantly lower<br />

† Met guidelines for sample participation rates only after replacement schools were<br />

included (see Exhibit A.7).<br />

‡ Nearly satisfying guidelines for sample participation rates after replacement schools<br />

were included (see Exhibit A.7).<br />

2a National Defined Population covers less than 95% of National Desired Population<br />

(see Exhibit A.4).<br />

2b National Defined Population covers less than 80% of National Desired Population<br />

(see Exhibit A.4).<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 />

NOTE: The International Average does not include the results from the Canadian provinces.<br />

Trend Note: The primary education systems of the Russian Federation <strong>and</strong> Slovenia<br />

underwent structural changes. Data for Canada, Ontario include only public schools.<br />

SOURCE: IEA Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (<strong>PIRLS</strong>) 2006

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