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Table S18-3. Standard errors for the average combined reading literacy scale scores of 4th-graders, by reading subscale, sex, and educational jurisdiction: 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 |
Male |
Female |
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Male |
Female |
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Male |
Female |
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| International average |
0.6 |
0.6 |
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0.6 |
0.6 |
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0.6 |
0.7 |
| Alberta, Canada |
2.7 |
2.4 |
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3.0 |
2.9 |
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2.8 |
2.5 |
| Austria |
2.6 |
2.3 |
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2.4 |
2.6 |
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2.6 |
2.7 |
| Belgium (Flemish) |
2.4 |
2.3 |
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2.3 |
2.2 |
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2.2 |
2.4 |
| Belgium (French) |
2.9 |
2.8 |
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2.8 |
2.6 |
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3.0 |
3.3 |
| British Columbia, Canada |
3.1 |
2.9 |
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3.2 |
3.0 |
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2.8 |
3.3 |
| Bulgaria |
5.0 |
4.4 |
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5.4 |
4.6 |
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5.2 |
4.4 |
| Chinese Taipei |
2.3 |
2.2 |
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2.2 |
2.2 |
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2.3 |
1.8 |
| Denmark |
2.7 |
2.8 |
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3.1 |
3.0 |
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3.1 |
2.8 |
| England |
2.8 |
3.0 |
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2.7 |
3.1 |
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2.9 |
2.8 |
| France |
2.4 |
2.4 |
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2.7 |
2.6 |
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2.3 |
2.7 |
| Georgia |
3.8 |
3.3 |
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3.6 |
3.7 |
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4.4 |
3.7 |
| Germany |
2.5 |
2.5 |
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2.6 |
2.4 |
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2.7 |
2.4 |
| Hong Kong, SAR |
2.8 |
2.5 |
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3.3 |
2.6 |
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2.8 |
2.2 |
| Hungary |
2.9 |
3.6 |
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2.9 |
3.6 |
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3.1 |
3.7 |
| Iceland |
1.9 |
1.7 |
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1.9 |
2.4 |
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2.1 |
1.9 |
| Indonesia |
4.6 |
4.2 |
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4.4 |
4.0 |
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5.0 |
4.6 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of |
3.8 |
5.3 |
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4.0 |
5.3 |
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3.8 |
4.9 |
| Israel |
3.7 |
4.1 |
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3.8 |
4.0 |
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4.1 |
4.5 |
| Italy |
3.3 |
3.3 |
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3.6 |
3.6 |
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3.4 |
3.1 |
| Kuwait |
6.2 |
4.7 |
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5.2 |
4.5 |
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6.0 |
6.3 |
| Latvia |
2.6 |
2.7 |
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2.7 |
3.0 |
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2.7 |
2.7 |
| Lithuania |
2.0 |
2.0 |
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2.0 |
2.4 |
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2.0 |
2.2 |
| Luxembourg |
1.6 |
1.3 |
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1.4 |
1.4 |
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1.5 |
1.2 |
| Macedonia |
4.4 |
4.4 |
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4.0 |
4.3 |
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4.4 |
4.6 |
| Moldova |
3.5 |
3.1 |
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3.0 |
3.3 |
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3.5 |
3.2 |
| Morocco |
6.6 |
6.6 |
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7.4 |
6.9 |
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6.9 |
6.1 |
| Netherlands |
1.6 |
2.0 |
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2.3 |
2.2 |
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1.9 |
1.8 |
| New Zealand |
2.9 |
2.2 |
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2.9 |
2.3 |
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3.0 |
2.3 |
| Norway |
3.1 |
2.8 |
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2.7 |
2.8 |
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2.8 |
3.4 |
| Nova Scotia, Canada |
2.8 |
2.5 |
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2.6 |
3.4 |
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3.0 |
2.8 |
| Ontario, Canada |
3.3 |
3.3 |
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3.3 |
3.5 |
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3.9 |
3.3 |
| Poland |
2.7 |
2.6 |
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3.0 |
2.8 |
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2.8 |
2.3 |
| Qatar |
1.7 |
1.7 |
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2.3 |
1.8 |
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2.3 |
2.3 |
| Quebec, Canada |
3.5 |
2.7 |
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3.4 |
3.1 |
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3.6 |
2.7 |
| Romania |
5.7 |
5.0 |
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5.6 |
4.9 |
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5.4 |
5.2 |
| Russian Federation |
3.4 |
3.9 |
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3.3 |
3.8 |
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3.6 |
3.5 |
| Scotland |
3.1 |
3.6 |
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3.0 |
3.4 |
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2.8 |
3.6 |
| Singapore |
3.3 |
3.1 |
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3.4 |
3.2 |
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3.3 |
2.9 |
| Slovak Republic |
3.3 |
2.7 |
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3.5 |
2.9 |
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3.3 |
2.5 |
| Slovenia |
2.7 |
2.1 |
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2.6 |
2.3 |
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3.2 |
2.4 |
| South Africa |
5.5 |
6.3 |
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5.3 |
6.0 |
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5.4 |
5.8 |
| Spain |
3.1 |
2.6 |
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3.1 |
3.1 |
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3.2 |
3.2 |
| Sweden |
2.6 |
2.6 |
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2.6 |
2.7 |
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2.6 |
2.9 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
6.0 |
4.9 |
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5.6 |
4.9 |
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5.5 |
5.0 |
| United States |
4.4 |
3.3 |
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4.1 |
3.6 |
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4.4 |
3.1 |
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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-4 and R-5, data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), 2006.
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