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Table S18-2. Standard errors for the average combined reading literacy scale scores of 4th-graders, by reading subscale and educational jurisdiction: 2001 and 2006
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Reading subscale
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Combined reading literacy
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Literary subscale
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Informational subscale
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| Educational jurisdiction |
2001 |
2006 |
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2001 |
2006 |
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2001 |
2006 |
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| Bulgaria |
3.8 |
4.4 |
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3.9 |
4.5 |
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3.6 |
4.4 |
| England |
3.4 |
2.6 |
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3.9 |
2.6 |
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3.6 |
2.5 |
| France |
2.4 |
2.1 |
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2.6 |
2.4 |
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2.5 |
2.1 |
| Germany |
1.9 |
2.2 |
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1.9 |
2.2 |
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1.9 |
2.3 |
| Hong Kong, SAR |
3.1 |
2.4 |
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3.1 |
2.6 |
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2.9 |
2.3 |
| Hungary |
2.2 |
3.0 |
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2.0 |
2.9 |
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2.2 |
3.1 |
| Iceland |
1.2 |
1.3 |
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1.3 |
1.7 |
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1.5 |
1.4 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of |
4.2 |
3.1 |
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4.5 |
3.1 |
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4.6 |
3.1 |
| Israel |
2.8 |
3.3 |
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2.6 |
3.4 |
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2.9 |
3.6 |
| Italy |
2.4 |
2.9 |
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2.7 |
3.3 |
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2.4 |
2.9 |
| Kuwait |
4.3 |
4.2 |
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3.8 |
3.7 |
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4.5 |
4.3 |
| Latvia |
2.3 |
2.3 |
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2.2 |
2.4 |
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2.3 |
2.4 |
| Lithuania |
2.6 |
1.6 |
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3.1 |
1.9 |
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2.7 |
1.6 |
| Macedonia |
4.6 |
4.1 |
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4.5 |
3.7 |
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5.2 |
4.2 |
| Moldova |
4.0 |
3.0 |
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3.7 |
2.8 |
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4.7 |
3.0 |
| Morocco |
9.6 |
5.9 |
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8.4 |
6.5 |
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10.9 |
6.0 |
| Netherlands |
2.5 |
1.5 |
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2.5 |
1.8 |
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2.6 |
1.6 |
| New Zealand |
3.6 |
2.0 |
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3.9 |
2.1 |
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3.8 |
2.2 |
| Norway |
2.9 |
2.6 |
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2.7 |
2.5 |
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2.8 |
2.8 |
| Ontario, Canada |
3.3 |
2.8 |
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3.3 |
3.1 |
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3.2 |
3.1 |
| Quebec, Canada |
3.0 |
2.8 |
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3.0 |
2.8 |
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2.9 |
2.7 |
| Romania |
4.6 |
5.0 |
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4.7 |
4.8 |
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4.6 |
4.9 |
| Russian Federation |
4.4 |
3.4 |
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3.9 |
3.3 |
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4.3 |
3.3 |
| Scotland |
3.6 |
2.8 |
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3.5 |
2.6 |
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3.6 |
2.6 |
| Singapore |
5.2 |
2.9 |
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5.6 |
2.9 |
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4.8 |
2.8 |
| Slovak Republic |
2.8 |
2.8 |
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2.6 |
2.9 |
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2.7 |
2.6 |
| Slovenia |
2.0 |
2.1 |
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1.8 |
2.0 |
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1.9 |
2.4 |
| Sweden |
2.2 |
2.3 |
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2.4 |
2.3 |
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2.2 |
2.4 |
| United States |
3.8 |
3.5 |
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3.8 |
3.6 |
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3.7 |
3.4 |
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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), tables R-1 and R-2, data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), 2001 and 2006.
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