
| Table 1 | Average scores of fourth-grade students on Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) reading literacy scale and cutpoint scores for bottom and top 10 percent of students in each jurisdiction, by jurisdiction: 2006 |
| Table 2 | Percentage of fourth-grade students in the United States and at the international median of participating jurisdictions reaching the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) international benchmarks in reading literacy: 2006 |
| Table 3 | Overall reading average scale score and purposes of reading subscale scores of 4th-grade students, by education system: 2011 |
| Figure 1 | Change in average reading scale scores of 4th-grade students, by education system: 2006 to 2011 and 2001 to 2011 |
| Figure 2 | Percentage of 4th-grade students reaching the PIRLS international benchmarks in reading, by education system: 2011 |
| Figure 3 | Difference in average reading scores of 4th-grade students, by sex and education system: 2011 |
| Figure 4 | Average reading scores of U.S. 4th grade students, by race/ethnicity: 2011 |
| Figure 5 | Average reading scores of U.S. 4th grade students, by percentage of students in public school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch: 2011 |