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

<strong>PIRLS</strong> 2006<br />

Exhibit 2.4 Description Exhibit 2.4: Description of the <strong>PIRLS</strong> of 2006 <strong>PIRLS</strong> Low 2006 International Low International Benchmark Benchmark of Reading of Reading Achievement Achievement<br />

Low International Benchmark 400<br />

Literary<br />

When reading literary texts, students can:<br />

• Recognize an explicitly stated detail<br />

• Locate a specified part of the story <strong>and</strong> make an inference clearly suggested<br />

by the text<br />

Informational<br />

When reading information texts, students can:<br />

• Locate <strong>and</strong> reproduce explicitly stated information that is readily accessible,<br />

for example, at the beginning of the text or in a clearly defined section<br />

• Begin to provide a straightforward inference clearly suggested by the text<br />

4th Grade<br />

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

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