IEA: Percentage of fourth-grade students reaching the PIRLS 2006 international benchmarks in reading literacy, by jursidiction: 2006

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IEA: Percentage of fourth-grade students reaching the PIRLS 2006 international benchmarks in reading literacy, by jursidiction: 2006

† Not applicable.
Jurisdiction	Advanced (625)			High (550)			Intermediate (475)		Low (400)
Jurisdiction	Percent		s.e.	Percent		s.e.	Percent	s.e.	Percent	s.e.
International average	9		0.2	40		0.3	74	0.3	90	0.2

Austria	8		0.9	45		1.5	84	1.1	98	0.4
Belgium (Flemish)^1,2	7		0.6	49		1.5	90	0.9	99	0.2
Belgium (French)	3		0.4	23		1.3	66	1.6	92	0.7
Bulgaria¹	16		1.4	52		2.3	82	1.8	95	1.0
Canada, British Columbia¹	16		1.3	56		1.6	88	1.0	98	0.3

Canada, Nova Scotia	13		1.0	48		1.2	82	1.0	96	0.4
Canada, Ontario¹	16		1.1	54		1.9	87	1.1	98	0.5
Canada, Quebec	6		0.8	41		1.9	83	1.3	97	0.4
Chinese Taipei	7		0.7	43		1.3	84	1.0	97	0.4
Denmark	11		0.8	52		1.4	85	1.0	97	0.4

England	15		0.9	48		1.3	78	1.1	93	0.7
France	5		0.6	35		1.2	76	1.2	96	0.4
Georgia¹	1	!	0.4	15		1.3	50	1.8	82	1.3
Germany	11		0.9	52		1.6	87	0.8	97	0.3
Hong Kong SAR³	15		1.0	62		1.6	92	0.8	99	0.2

Hungary	14		0.9	53		1.8	86	1.4	97	0.5
Iceland	3		0.4	29		1.1	72	0.8	93	0.8
Indonesia	#		†	2		0.3	19	1.6	54	2.1
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	1		0.2	8		0.7	30	1.3	60	1.6
Israel⁴	10		1.0	40		1.3	70	1.3	85	1.2

Italy	14		1.4	52		1.8	87	1.3	98	0.4
Kuwait	#		†	2		0.3	10	0.8	28	1.2
Latvia	8		0.8	46		1.5	86	1.2	98	0.4
Lithuania	5		0.8	43		1.3	86	0.9	99	0.3
Luxembourg	15		0.6	56		0.8	89	0.5	99	0.2

Macedonia, Rep. of	2		0.4	15		1.1	40	1.7	66	1.6
Moldova, Rep. of	3		0.4	23		1.5	67	1.9	91	0.9
Morocco	#		†	1	!	0.4	9	1.2	26	2.0
Netherlands²	6		0.5	49		1.2	91	0.8	99	0.2
New Zealand	13		0.7	45		1.0	76	1.0	92	0.6

Norway⁵	2		0.3	22		1.1	67	1.6	92	0.8
Poland	7		0.5	36		1.2	73	1.1	93	0.7
Qatar	#		†	1		0.2	11	0.4	33	0.7
Romania	4		0.5	27		1.6	61	2.2	84	1.8
Russian Federation¹	19		1.5	61		2.0	90	1.1	98	0.5

Scotland²	10		0.8	40		1.4	77	1.4	93	0.8
Singapore	19		1.4	58		1.7	86	1.0	97	0.4
Slovak Republic	8		0.6	43		1.5	80	1.3	94	0.9
Slovenia	6		0.6	37		1.2	76	1.1	94	0.5
South Africa	2		0.4	6		0.9	13	1.4	22	1.6

Spain	5		0.5	31		1.3	72	1.3	94	0.8
Sweden	11		0.9	53		1.5	88	1.0	98	0.4
Trinidad and Tobago	2		0.5	13		1.2	38	1.7	64	2.0
United States^1,2	12		*1.2*	47		*2.0*	82	*1.4*	96	*0.6*
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. (Estimates are unstable.)
¹National Defined Population covers less than 95 percent of the National Target Population.
²Met guidelines for sample participation rates only after substitute schools were included.
³Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.
⁴National Defined Population covers less than 80 percent of the National Target Population.
⁵Nearly satisfied guidelines for sample participation rates after replacement schools were included.
NOTE: The International average does not include the results from the Canadian provinces. Average reading literacy scores are reported on a scale of 0 to 1,000. Benchmarks refer to the percentage of students who reached each cutpoint score along the scale (400, 475, 550, 625). For benchmark definitions and methodology see Mullis et al. (2007). Apparent differences may not be statistically significant. Standard error is noted by s.e.
SOURCE: Data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), 2006. Mullis, I.V.S., Martin, M.O., Kennedy, A.M., and Foy, P. (2007). PIRLS 2006 International Report, exhibit 2.1. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College (42MB).