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Direct linkKylie Hillman; Elizabeth O’Grady; Sima Rodrigues; Marina Schmid; Sue Thomson – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2023
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is a large-scale assessment that measures how effective countries are in teaching reading literacy. Conducted every five years since 2001 (with Australia participating since 2011), PIRLS provides information about how to improve teaching and learning so that young students become…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Reading Tests, International Assessment
Peer reviewedZimmerman, Lisa; Howie, Sarah J.; Smit, Brigitte – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2011
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006 findings highlighted concerns about reading literacy teaching quality in South African primary schools (Howie et al., 2007). In response, the national Department of Education (DoE, 2008a, 2008b, 2008c, 2008d) has emphasised instructional practice improvement. However, little…
Descriptors: International Studies, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Download full textMullis, Ina V.S.; Martin, Michael O.; Foy, Pierre; Drucker, Kathleen T. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2012
PIRLS is an international assessment of reading comprehension at the fourth grade that has been conducted every five years since 2001. In 2011, nationally representative samples of students in 49 countries participated in PIRLS and prePIRLS. Forty-five countries assessed fourth grade students, and some countries participated in one or more of the…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Grade 4, International Studies
