Special Analysis 2006
U.S. Student and Adult Performance on International Assessments of Educational Achievement
Table SA3. Standard errors for table 2: Average PIRLS reading literacy scores of 4th-graders, by country: 2001
| Country |
Average score |
|
| International average |
0.6 |
| Argentina |
5.9 |
| Belize |
4.7 |
| Bulgaria |
3.8 |
| Canada (O, Q) |
2.4 |
| Colombia |
4.4 |
| Cyprus |
3.0 |
| Czech Republic |
2.3 |
| England |
3.4 |
| France |
2.4 |
| Germany |
1.9 |
| Greece |
3.5 |
| Hong Kong SAR |
3.1 |
| Hungary |
2.2 |
| Iceland |
1.2 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of |
4.2 |
| Israel |
2.8 |
| Italy |
2.4 |
| Kuwait |
4.3 |
| Latvia |
2.3 |
| Lithuania |
2.6 |
| Macedonia, Republic of |
4.6 |
| Moldova |
4.0 |
| Morocco |
9.6 |
| Netherlands |
2.5 |
| New Zealand |
3.6 |
| Norway |
2.9 |
| Romania |
4.6 |
| Russian Federation |
4.4 |
| Scotland |
3.6 |
| Singapore |
5.2 |
| Slovak Republic |
2.8 |
| Slovenia |
2.0 |
| Sweden |
2.2 |
| Turkey |
3.5 |
| United States |
3.8 |
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SOURCE: Ogle, L.T., 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), table A1.1. Data from International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), 2001.
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