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Global Education Digest 2012 - International Reading Association

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OPPORTUNITIES LOST: THE IMPACT OF GRADE REPETITION AND EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING<br />

NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE (29 countries or territories)<br />

Respondents to UIS questionnaires:<br />

Respondents to UOE questionnaire:<br />

Andorra, Gibraltar, Holy See, Monaco, San Marino.<br />

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,<br />

Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands,<br />

Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain<br />

and Northern Ireland, United States of America.<br />

SOUTH AND WEST ASIA (9 countries or territories)<br />

Respondents to UIS questionnaires:<br />

Respondents to WEI questionnaire:<br />

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Maldives (MDV),<br />

Nepal, Pakistan.<br />

India, Sri Lanka.<br />

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (45 countries or territories)<br />

Respondents to UIS questionnaires:<br />

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde,<br />

Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic<br />

Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia,<br />

Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi,<br />

Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and<br />

Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland,<br />

Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.<br />

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