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Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)

For Researchers


PIRLS Data

The PIRLS 2001 Data give researchers access to information about the reading literacy of fourth-grade students. In addition to achievement scores, researchers can explore data related to demographic groups, attitudes and values, and learning strategies. The international data contain information on 35 countries including the United States and can be downloaded. The U.S. data CD contains information about the United States only, but includes country-specific variables such as race/ethnicity, and free/reduced price lunch.

Users should have experience with SAS, SPSS, Stata, or a similar statistical program to extract variables from the CDs.

You may order the CD online..

To download the international data and user guide, please visit the PIRLS international website (User Guide).