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Exhibit 4.4: Parents Like Reading
Reported by Parents
Students were scored on the Parents Like Reading scale according to their parents’ responses to seven statements about reading and how often they read
for enjoyment. Students whose parents Like reading had a score on the scale of at least 10.9, which corresponds to their parents “agreeing a lot” with four
of the seven statements and “agreeing a little” with the other three, as well as reading for enjoyment “every day or almost every day,” on average. Students
whose parents Do Not Like reading had a score no higher than 7.9, which corresponds to their parents “disagreeing a little” with four of the seven
statements and “agreeing a little” with the other three, as well as reading for enjoyment only "once or twice a month,” on average. All other students had
parents who Somewhat Like reading.
Country
Percent
of Students
Like Somewhat Like Do Not Like
Average
Achievement
Percent
of Students
Average
Achievement
PIRLS 2011 INTERNATIONAL RESULTS IN READING
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Percent
of Students
Average
Achievement
Average
Scale Score
Sweden 52 (1.3) 562 (2.7) 42 (1.1) 528 (2.2) 7 (0.4) 513 (4.7) 10.9 (0.06)
New Zealand s 51 (1.1) 571 (2.4) 41 (0.9) 531 (2.6) 8 (0.7) 509 (6.0) 10.8 (0.05)
Northern Ireland s 50 (1.1) 583 (3.8) 41 (1.1) 563 (3.8) 9 (0.7) 552 (6.5) 10.8 (0.05)
Denmark 50 (0.9) 568 (1.7) 40 (0.9) 546 (2.6) 10 (0.5) 527 (4.0) 10.7 (0.04)
Australia s 48 (1.6) 557 (3.5) 42 (1.5) 532 (3.2) 9 (0.7) 497 (5.9) 10.7 (0.07)
Ireland 48 (1.1) 571 (2.2) 43 (0.9) 544 (2.8) 9 (0.7) 524 (7.5) 10.7 (0.05)
Malta 46 (0.8) 499 (2.2) 45 (0.9) 470 (2.3) 8 (0.6) 460 (6.5) 10.7 (0.04)
Netherlands s 45 (1.3) 563 (2.2) 45 (1.3) 547 (3.0) 11 (0.7) 541 (3.7) 10.4 (0.06)
Norway 44 (1.4) 522 (2.4) 46 (1.2) 501 (2.4) 10 (0.8) 482 (4.1) 10.5 (0.07)
Finland 43 (1.0) 582 (2.1) 48 (1.0) 562 (2.5) 9 (0.5) 545 (4.2) 10.6 (0.05)
Trinidad and Tobago 43 (0.9) 493 (4.3) 51 (1.0) 464 (4.2) 6 (0.5) 442 (9.4) 10.6 (0.04)
Israel r 41 (1.0) 571 (2.9) 50 (0.9) 534 (3.4) 8 (0.6) 515 (6.3) 10.5 (0.04)
Canada r 41 (0.7) 569 (2.1) 50 (0.6) 545 (1.7) 9 (0.4) 533 (2.7) 10.4 (0.03)
Austria 40 (1.2) 548 (2.3) 47 (1.0) 523 (2.1) 13 (0.7) 500 (3.7) 10.3 (0.06)
Germany r 37 (1.2) 570 (2.6) 48 (1.1) 539 (2.7) 15 (0.9) 518 (3.2) 10.1 (0.06)
Croatia 36 (0.9) 567 (2.2) 51 (0.8) 547 (2.2) 13 (0.6) 537 (3.6) 10.1 (0.04)
Bulgaria 36 (1.5) 563 (2.9) 49 (1.1) 530 (3.6) 15 (1.5) 482 (10.8) 10.0 (0.10)
Poland 34 (0.8) 546 (2.8) 55 (0.8) 519 (2.3) 11 (0.6) 499 (4.1) 10.2 (0.04)
Spain 34 (0.9) 532 (3.0) 53 (0.9) 511 (2.7) 13 (0.5) 493 (3.8) 10.0 (0.04)
Czech Republic 33 (1.0) 561 (2.4) 53 (1.0) 545 (2.5) 14 (0.6) 520 (3.8) 10.0 (0.04)
Hungary 32 (1.0) 570 (2.7) 55 (0.9) 534 (2.8) 13 (0.9) 501 (8.4) 10.0 (0.05)
Slovak Republic 31 (0.9) 559 (2.7) 56 (1.1) 531 (2.4) 13 (0.8) 512 (5.4) 9.9 (0.05)
Belgium (French) 29 (1.2) 533 (2.9) 56 (1.2) 502 (3.5) 15 (0.8) 480 (4.3) 9.8 (0.06)
Georgia 27 (1.1) 512 (3.7) 67 (1.1) 482 (3.6) 5 (0.5) 453 (7.5) 10.1 (0.05)
Slovenia 26 (1.0) 556 (2.8) 65 (1.0) 527 (2.1) 9 (0.6) 497 (4.7) 9.8 (0.04)
Lithuania 25 (0.8) 548 (3.2) 57 (0.9) 527 (2.2) 17 (0.8) 509 (3.4) 9.6 (0.04)
Italy 24 (0.9) 565 (2.8) 66 (0.9) 539 (2.3) 10 (0.6) 528 (4.2) 9.8 (0.05)
Russian Federation 23 (0.8) 590 (3.4) 61 (0.8) 567 (3.0) 16 (0.8) 542 (3.9) 9.6 (0.04)
Iran, Islamic Rep. of 23 (0.8) 478 (3.1) 68 (0.8) 454 (3.0) 9 (0.6) 431 (6.8) 9.8 (0.04)
France 22 (1.0) 553 (2.8) 62 (0.9) 517 (2.5) 17 (0.7) 501 (3.8) 9.5 (0.04)
Colombia 22 (1.2) 475 (6.2) 68 (1.3) 443 (4.1) 11 (0.7) 438 (6.7) 9.7 (0.05)
Singapore 21 (0.6) 590 (4.0) 68 (0.6) 565 (3.4) 11 (0.5) 550 (5.1) 9.7 (0.02)
Romania 21 (1.1) 540 (4.5) 61 (1.4) 503 (4.7) 18 (1.5) 452 (7.3) 9.4 (0.08)
Qatar 21 (0.9) 459 (5.8) 70 (1.0) 424 (3.9) 10 (0.7) 403 (6.7) 9.7 (0.04)
Azerbaijan 21 (1.0) 477 (4.6) 70 (0.9) 462 (3.4) 9 (0.8) 443 (6.8) 9.7 (0.06)
Indonesia 21 (1.1) 448 (3.9) 68 (1.3) 427 (4.6) 12 (1.0) 415 (5.6) 9.6 (0.05)
Saudi Arabia 19 (1.0) 459 (7.0) 67 (1.0) 429 (4.1) 14 (0.8) 403 (8.7) 9.6 (0.05)
United Arab Emirates 19 (0.5) 490 (3.2) 71 (0.6) 434 (2.2) 10 (0.4) 412 (4.3) 9.6 (0.02)
Portugal 19 (1.0) 563 (3.5) 70 (1.0) 541 (2.4) 11 (0.7) 524 (6.5) 9.6 (0.04)
Morocco 18 (0.8) 353 (5.0) 62 (1.5) 310 (4.5) 20 (1.8) 288 (9.4) 9.3 (0.08)
Chinese Taipei 17 (0.7) 576 (3.3) 69 (0.7) 551 (1.8) 14 (0.6) 539 (3.5) 9.4 (0.03)
Oman 17 (0.5) 420 (4.1) 73 (0.7) 391 (2.9) 10 (0.5) 356 (7.0) 9.5 (0.02)
Hong Kong SAR 14 (0.6) 589 (2.9) 72 (0.9) 570 (2.3) 14 (0.7) 566 (3.8) 9.3 (0.03)
International Avg. 32 (0.2) 535 (0.5) 57 (0.2) 507 (0.5) 11 (0.1) 487 (0.9)
England and the United States did not administer the Home Questionnaire.
Centerpoint of scale set at 10.
( ) Standard errors appear in parentheses. Because of rounding some results may appear inconsistent.
An “r” indicates data are available for at least 70% but less than 85% of the students. An “s” indicates data are available for at least 50% but less than 70% of the students.
SOURCE: IEA’s Progress in International Reading Literacy Study – PIRLS 2011