Global Education Digest 2012 - International Reading Association
Global Education Digest 2012 - International Reading Association
Global Education Digest 2012 - International Reading Association
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OPPORTUNITIES LOST: THE IMPACT OF GRADE REPETITION AND EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING<br />
REGION<br />
Primary education (ISCED 1)<br />
Lower secondary education (ISCED 2),<br />
general programmes<br />
Country or territory<br />
Public<br />
Governmentdependent<br />
private<br />
Independent<br />
private<br />
Total public<br />
and private Public<br />
Governmentdependent<br />
private<br />
Independent<br />
private<br />
Total public<br />
and private<br />
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)<br />
Poland 19.0 -1 11.5 -1 12.1 -1 18.7 -1 23.5 -1 24.4 -1 16.2 -1 23.3 -1<br />
Romania 18.5 . 13.6 18.4 20.4 . 14.1 20.3<br />
Russian Federation 16.2 -1 . -1 10.9 -1 16.2 -1 18.0 -1 . -1 10.1 -1 17.9 -1<br />
Slovakia 17.9 16.8 . 17.8 20.6 19.5 . 20.5<br />
Slovenia 18.4 20.4 . 18.4 19.6 20.3 . 19.6<br />
The former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia 19.4 . . 19.4 19.9 . . 19.9<br />
Turkey 26.3 . 19.4 26.1 26.3 . 19.4 26.1<br />
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC<br />
Australia 23.2 24.9 . 23.7 22.8 25.3 . 23.7<br />
China 37.1 42.8 - 37.4 54.0 51.9 - 53.8<br />
Indonesia 27.2 . 22.9 26.4 36.5 . 32.5 34.9<br />
Japan 27.9 . 31.4 28.0 32.8 . 34.9 32.9<br />
Malaysia 29.9 -1 . -1 ... ... 34.0 -1 . -1 ... ...<br />
New Zealand ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Philippines 42.4 -1 . -1 33.1 -1 41.5 -1 43.7 -1 . -1 48.6 -1 44.7 -1<br />
Republic of Korea 27.4 . 30.2 27.5 34.9 33.8 . 34.7<br />
Thailand 18.7 +1 28.9 +1 — +1 20.0 +1 33.7 +1 34.7 +1 — +1 33.8 +1<br />
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN<br />
Argentina 25.1 -1 29.7 -1 24.1 -1 25.8 -1 28.3 -1 30.0 -1 26.7 -1 28.5 -1<br />
Brazil 26.2 . 17.6 24.6 29.7 . 25.0 29.0<br />
Chile 27.1 32.5 23.7 29.3 28.3 31.9 24.7 29.5<br />
Jamaica ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Mexico 19.9 . 19.9 19.9 28.0 . 24.1 27.6<br />
Paraguay 18.9 -1 22.5 -1 19.2 -1 19.2 -1 20.2 -1 25.2 -1 19.5 -1 20.6 -1<br />
Peru 14.2 24.8 15.0 14.6 27.2 29.2 20.3 25.7<br />
Uruguay 24.7 -1 . -1 ... … 30.4 -1 . -1 25.1 -1 29.3 -1<br />
NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE<br />
Austria 18.4 20.0 x(2) 18.4 21.9 22.8 x(6) 22.0<br />
Belgium ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Canada ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Cyprus 17.4 . 17.7 17.5 21.4 . 19.8 21.1<br />
Denmark 20.0 -1 16.3 -1 . -1 19.4 -1 20.5 -1 17.3 -1 . -1 19.9 -1<br />
Finland 19.4 17.7 . 19.4 20.2 21.7 . 20.3<br />
France 22.6 22.9 x(2) 22.7 24.3 25.5 13.4 24.5<br />
Germany 21.5 21.9 x(2) 21.5 24.7 25.2 x(6) 24.7<br />
Greece ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Iceland 18.1 13.1 . 18.0 19.9 12.9 . 19.8<br />
Ireland 24.1 . ... ... ... . ... ...<br />
Israel 27.4 -1 . -1 . -1 27.4 -1 32.2 -1 . -1 . -1 32.2 -1<br />
Italy 18.8 . 20.2 18.8 21.3 . 22.4 21.3<br />
Liechtenstein 16.3 . 8.9 15.8 16.2 . 14.1 16.0<br />
Luxembourg 15.3 -1 19.7 -1 19.4 -1 15.6 -1 19.1 -1 21.0 -1 21.1 -1 19.5 -1<br />
Malta 18.1 25.8 20.5 18.7 20.4 24.7 19.1 20.2<br />
Netherlands 22.4 -2 . -2 ... ... ... . -2 ... ...<br />
Norway ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Portugal 20.1 23.5 19.3 20.1 22.1 23.4 21.5 22.1<br />
Spain 19.8 -1 24.5 -1 24.5 -1 21.1 -1 23.5 -1 26.0 -1 24.2 -1 24.3 -1<br />
Sweden ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Switzerland 19.1 ... ... ... 18.5 ... ... ...<br />
United Kingdom 25.8 19.1 11.7 24.4 21.1 18.9 9.6 19.4<br />
United States of America 20.3 . 17.7 20.0 23.7 . 19.4 23.3<br />
SOUTH AND WEST ASIA<br />
India ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Sri Lanka 25.7 31.3 ... … 27.0 15.2 ... …<br />
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