IEA: Percentage distribution and average achievement scores of fourth-grade students as reported by PIRLS, by hours of formal and integrated reading taught weekly and country: 2006

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Table C.3.01.

IEA: Percentage distribution and average achievement scores of fourth-grade students as reported by PIRLS, by hours of formal and integrated reading taught weekly and country: 2006

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	More than 6 hours weekly									More than 3 up to and including 6 hours weekly									Up to and including 3 hours weekly
	2006 percent of students			Average achievement		Difference in percent from 2001				2006 percent of students			Average achievement		Difference in percent from 2001				2006 percent of students		Average achievement		Difference in percent from 2001
Countries	Percent		s.e	Score	s.e	Percent		s.e		Percent		s.e	Score	s.e	Percent		s.e		Percent	s.e	Score	s.e	Percent		s.e
International average	25		0.5	500	1.3	†		†		31		0.6	501	1.1	†		†		44	0.6	500	0.9	†		†

United States	68		3.4	538	4.1	‡		†		22		3.0	546	5.4	‡		†		10	2.7	540	8.2	‡		†
Hungary	56		4.5	551	4.1	25		5.7	∆	31		4.3	550	7.4	-20		5.7	▼	13	3.0	555	7.2	‡		†
Romania	54		4.1	494	6.1	‡		†		26		3.6	493	9.5	‡		†		20	3.7	473	12.0	‡		†
Moldova, Rep. of	50		3.8	503	4.5	23		5.3	∆	30		4.0	499	6.6	‡		†		20	3.6	487	7.0	-11	!	5.2	▼
Bulgaria	46		4.4	551	6.4	15	!	5.6	∆	33		4.2	543	9.6	-23		5.7	▼	21	3.3	548	8.7	‡		†

Trinidad and Tobago	46		4.6	428	8.7	—		†		32		4.3	449	8.8	—		†		22	3.3	441	12.6	—		†
Norway	44		4.5	498	3.9	‡		†		30		3.9	499	5.3	‡		†		25	4.2	498	5.4	‡		†
Canada, Nova Scotia	42		3.5	545	3.1	—		†		34		3.7	538	4.3	—		†		24	3.0	543	5.6	—		†
Canada, British Columbia¹	40		4.0	551	5.4	—		†		36		4.4	561	4.9	—		†		24	3.7	564	6.4	—		†
Canada, Ontario	39		5.1	557	4.4	‡		†		34		5.0	552	3.9	‡		†		27	5.0	551	6.3	‡		†

Lithuania	39		3.3	537	3.0	‡		†		31		3.1	538	3.3	‡		†		30	3.2	537	3.4	‡		†
Qatar²	38		0.3	345	2.4	—		†		31		0.2	346	2.9	—		†		32	0.3	361	3.0	—		†
Slovak Republic	37		3.1	534	4.2	‡		†		43		3.6	531	4.6	‡		†		21	3.0	526	8.9	‡		†
Georgia	33		3.9	467	6.0	—		†		28		3.9	475	6.3	—		†		39	4.1	472	4.8	—		†
Canada, Alberta	30		3.4	553	3.1	—		†		40		3.4	562	4.8	—		†		30	3.7	563	4.6	—		†

New Zealand	29		2.7	526	4.3	‡		†		56		3.0	537	3.1	‡		†		15	2.1	538	6.1	‡		†
France	29		3.8	523	4.6	18		4.7	∆	48		4.1	519	3.1	‡		†		23	3.1	530	4.7	-26		6.1	▼
Russian Federation	28		3.2	563	6.9	‡		†		60		2.9	567	4.6	‡		†		12	2.1	558	6.7	#		†
Kuwait¹	27		3.7	329	9.2	—		†		32		4.5	331	9.1	—		†		41	4.5	332	7.3	—		†
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	27		3.2	423	7.5	-43		5.4	▼	35		3.8	425	8.0	‡		†		38	3.8	413	5.5	38		3.8	∆

Denmark	25		3.8	545	5.2	—		†		31		3.7	548	4.1	—		†		43	3.9	548	3.3	—		†
Belgium (French)¹	25		3.3	504	6.9	—		†		36		3.2	501	4.2	—		†		39	3.6	497	4.3	—		†
Israel¹	24		4.5	545	8.2	‡		†		24		4.7	532	13.9	‡		†		52	4.7	492	8.0	15	!	6.4	∆
Spain	24		3.4	521	5.0	—		†		24		3.6	507	5.8	—		†		52	4.3	512	4.0	—		†
Latvia	22		3.7	546	4.3	‡		†		27		4.3	535	4.2	-23		6.6	▼	50	4.4	540	3.7	30		5.9	∆

Canada, Quebec	20		3.8	533	5.7	‡		†		43		4.9	529	3.9	‡		†		37	4.6	541	4.0	‡		†
Italy	19		3.1	551	6.7	#		†		30		3.7	550	4.9	‡		†		51	3.8	553	4.1	‡		†
Sweden	18		3.1	548	3.7	‡		†		27		4.0	550	4.0	‡		†		55	4.1	549	3.1	‡		†
Singapore	17		2.1	558	8.1	‡		†		19		2.1	561	7.0	‡		†		64	2.7	558	3.9	‡		†
Macedonia, Rep. of	17		3.0	429	13.4	17		3.0	∆	33		4.0	432	11.0	33		4.0	∆	50	4.4	460	7.8	-50		4.4	▼

Luxembourg	16		0.1	556	2.1	—		†		39		0.2	556	1.5	—		†		46	0.2	560	1.7	—		†
Slovenia	14		2.4	512	5.4	‡		†		16		2.2	520	4.4	-10	!	4.4	▼	69	3.1	523	2.5	‡		†
Morocco¹	14		3.0	323	20.7	-13	!	5.7	▼	31		4.3	318	15.1	‡		†		56	4.6	323	7.6	‡		†
Poland	13		2.7	509	8.1	—		†		40		3.9	523	3.3	—		†		47	4.3	518	3.7	—		†
Netherlands	13		3.3	535	5.8	8	!	3.8	∆	42		4.1	547	2.4	‡		†		45	4.3	549	2.7	‡		†

Belgium (Flemish)	12		2.7	542	5.9	—		†		26		4.0	546	4.6	—		†		61	4.5	547	2.3	—		†
Scotland¹	12		3.1	533	10.1	‡		†		43		4.7	530	4.2	‡		†		45	4.9	524	5.4	‡		†
Iceland¹	10		0.2	511	3.4	1	!	0.3		30		0.4	509	2.2	-12		0.5	▼	59	0.4	511	1.9	11		0.6	∆
South Africa¹	10		1.9	302	20.9	—		†		18		2.7	288	16.1	—		†		72	2.7	303	8.4	—		†
Indonesia	8	!	2.5	397	11.0	—		†		23		3.0	404	9.1	—		†		69	3.7	409	5.3	—		†

England	8		2.3	522	12.2	‡		†		25		4.0	544	6.7	‡		†		67	4.3	544	4.2	14	!	6.0	∆
Germany¹	6		1.7	547	6.4	‡		†		23		2.8	537	5.6	‡		†		71	3.2	551	2.9	11	!	4.6	∆
Hong Kong SAR^1,3	5	!	2.0	567	6.7	‡		†		22		3.6	572	6.4	‡		†		74	4.1	563	3.1	‡		†
Austria	4	!	1.3	531	8.5	—		†		28		3.4	545	4.1	—		†		67	3.3	536	2.6	—		†
Chinese Taipei¹	‡		†	541	12.9	—		†		8	!	2.6	537	6.2	—		†		89	2.9	535	2.5	—		†
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution, estimates are unstable. The coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to .3 but less than .5.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Either data are insufficient to report achievement or the coefficient of variation is greater than or equal to .5.
∆ 2006 significantly higher.
▼2006 significantly lower.
¹ Data are available for at least 70 but less than 85 percent of the students.
² Data are available for at least 50 but less than 70 percent of the students.
³Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.
NOTE: The international average does not include the Canadian provinces. The primary education systems of the Russian Federation and Slovenia underwent structural changes. Data for Canada, Ontario include only public schools. Differences are significant at the p<0.05 level. 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 5.11. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College.