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Reading Reform in Egypt: Do the Second-Grade Textbooks Reflect the New Direction?
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Boyle, Helen N.; Salah, Wail – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2017
In light of disappointing scores on the Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), Arabic-speaking countries have begun to reexamine, and in some case reform, how they teach reading in the early grades. Egypt was one of the first countries to initiate early-grade reading reforms in 2010.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Educational Change, Reading Tests
The Influence of School Textbooks on TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) and PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) Performance: A Content Analysis Approach
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Orkodashvili, Mariam – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The paper attempts to investigate the influence of textbooks on the results of international assessments such as TIMSS [Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study] and PIRLS [Progress in International Reading Literacy Study]. It tries to consider the role and impact of school textbooks on PIRLS and TIMSS performance across countries. As…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement