IEA: Percentage of fourth-grade students by reading teachers' formal education, teacher certification, and jurisdiction: 2006

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IEA: Percentage of fourth-grade students by reading teachers' formal education, teacher certification, and jurisdiction: 2006

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Jurisdiction	Percentage of students by teachers’ highest level of formal education															Percentage of students taught by certified teachers
	University degree				College or university program¹ of 2 or 3 years				Completed upper-secondary school				Did not complete upper-secondary school			Percentage of students taught by certified teachers
	Percent		s.e.		Percent		s.e.		Percent		s.e.		Percent	s.e.		Percent	s.e.
International average	62		0.4		29		0.4		8		0.3		1	0.1		97	0.2

Austria	4	!	1.4		94		1.8		‡		†		#	†		100	#
Belgium (Flemish)	5		1.3		95		1.3		#		†		#	†		100	#
Belgium (French)	#		†		100		#		#		†		#	†		98	0.7
Bulgaria	81		3.5		19		3.5		#		†		#	†		100	#
Canada, Alberta	100		#		#		†		#		†		#	†		100	#

Canada, British Columbia²	98		1.2		‡		†		#		†		#	†		100	#
Canada, Nova Scotia	90		2.2		10		2.2		#		†		#	†		100	0.2
Canada, Ontario	98		1.2		‡		†		#		†		#	†		100	#
Canada, Quebec	100		0.2		#		†		#		†		#	†		96	1.5
Chinese Taipei	96		1.7		4	!	1.7		#		†		#	†		98	1.4

Denmark	93		2.5		5	!	1.9		‡		†		#	†		92	2.3
England	86		3.1		13		3.1		1		#		#	†		100	#
France	78		2.8		4	!	1.3		18		2.6		#	†		92	1.9
Georgia	99		0.4		#		†		1	!	0.4		#	†		93	1.9
Germany	75		3.0		24		2.9		#		†		‡	†		99	0.6

Hong Kong SAR³	67		3.6		31		3.5		3	!	1.3		#	†		98	1.1
Hungary	100		#		#		†		#		†		#	†		99	0.5
Iceland	88		0.3		7		0.2		4		0.2		1	#		92	0.2
Indonesia	16		2.8		59		3.7		23		3.4		‡	†		96	1.9
Iran, Islamic Rep. of	26		3.5		40		4.1		34		3.9		#	†		72	3.5

Israel	81		3.5		19		3.5		#		†		#	†		100	#
Italy	24		3.5		9		2.0		66		3.7		1	#		94	1.9
Kuwait	89		2.8		9		2.5		1		#		‡	†		97	1.4
Latvia	83		3.0		17		3.0		#		†		#	†		—	†
Lithuania	80		2.8		20		2.8		#		†		#	†		100	#

Luxembourg	5		0.1		85		0.2		10		0.1		#	†		100	#
Macedonia, Rep. of	42		3.8		50		3.6		7	!	2.4		‡	†		97	0.8
Moldova, Rep. of	59		4.2		40		4.1		‡		†		#	†		96	1.6
Morocco	21		3.4		9		2.0		58		4.1		11	2.7		99	0.6
Netherlands	95		1.9		5	!	1.9		#		†		#	†		100	0.4

New Zealand	71		2.6		29		2.6		#		†		#	†		100	#
Norway	93		1.6		6		1.5		‡		†		#	†		100	0.4
Poland	98		0.8		2	!	0.7		#		†		#	†		100	#
Qatar²	91		0.2		8		0.2		1		#		#	†		81	0.2
Romania	6		1.3		40		3.7		54		3.8		#	†		100	0.2

Russian Federation	70		3.3		30		3.2		#		†		#	†		100	#
Scotland	86		2.8		6	!	2.0		8		2.0		#	†		100	#
Singapore	59		2.7		40		2.7		‡		†		#	†		99	0.7
Slovak Republic	94		1.6		3	!	1.3		3	!	1.2		#	†		98	0.8
Slovenia	54		3.2		44		3.2		‡		†		#	†		96	1.3

South Africa	33		3.1	²	63		3.2	²	3	!	1.2	²	‡	†	²	99	0.7
Spain	61		4.2		39		4.2		#		†		#	†		—	†
Sweden	68		3.8		31		3.7		#		†		#	†		100	#
Trinidad and Tobago	14		3.0		68		4.2		19		3.4		#	†		97	1.2
United States	99		*0.6*		‡		†		#		†		#	†		99	*0.7*
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. (Estimates are unstable.)
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹Programs include technical, occupational, and vocational programs.
²Data are available for 70 percent to 84 percent of the students.
³Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China.
NOTE: Background data are provided by teacher reports. Formal education classifications are based on the jurisdictions' categorizations to UNESCO's International Standard Classification of Education (Operation Manual for ISCED - 1997). The International average does not include the results from the Canadian provinces. Apparent differences may not be statistically significant. Standard error is noted by s.e. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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 6.1. Chestnut Hill, MA: Boston College (42MB).