Figure CL-S-2. Standard errors for Figure 2: Change in average PIRLS reading literacy scores of fourth-grade students in selected jurisdictions, by jurisdiction: 2001 to 2006
| Average score | Jurisdiction, ordered by 2006 score | Change in score | |
| 2001 | 2006 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.4 | Russian Federation | 5.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.4 | Hong Kong SAR | 3.9 |
| 5.2 | 2.9 | Singapore | 6.0 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | Canada, Ontario | 4.3 |
| 2.2 | 3.0 | Hungary | 3.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.9 | Italy | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Sweden | 3.2 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Germany | 2.9 |
| 2.5 | 1.5 | Netherlands | 2.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Bulgaria | 5.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Latvia | 3.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | United States | 5.2 |
| 3.4 | 2.6 | England | 4.3 |
| 2.6 | 1.6 | Lithuania | 3.1 |
| 3.0 | 2.8 | Canada, Quebec | 4.1 |
| 3.6 | 2.0 | New Zealand | 4.1 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | Slovak Republic | 4.0 |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Scotland | 4.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | France | 3.2 |
| 2.0 | 2.1 | Slovenia | 2.9 |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | Israel | 4.3 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Iceland | 1.8 |
| 4.0 | 3.0 | Moldova | 5.0 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Norway | 3.9 |
| 4.6 | 5.0 | Romania | 6.8 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | Macedonia | 6.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.1 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5.2 |
| 9.6 | 5.9 | Morocco | 11.3 |
SOURCE: Baer, J., Baldi, S., Ayotte, K., and Green, P. (2007). The Reading Literacy of U.S. Fourth-Grade Students in an International Context: Results From the 2001 and 2006 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) (NCES 2008-017), figure 3 and table 2. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC; Ogle, L., Sen, A., Pahlke, E., Jocelyn, L., Kastberg, D., Roey, S., and Williams, T. (2003). International Comparisons in Fourth-Grade Reading Literacy: Findings from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) of 2001 (NCES 2003-073), figure 3. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC. |
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