PIRLS 2021 International Results in Reading
Contents
- About PIRLS 2021
- Overview of PIRLS
- Transitioning to Digital Assessment in PIRLS 2021
- The PIRLS 2021 Reading Assessment Framework
- Implementing the Group Adaptive Design in PIRLS 2021
- PIRLS 2021 Data Collection Successful Despite Disruptions by the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Summary of Scaling the PIRLS 2021 Data
- Reporting the PIRLS 2021 Achievement Results
- Reporting the PIRLS 2021 Context Questionnaire Data
- Quality Assurance
- Countries’ Reading Achievement
- Impacts of Modifying the Assessment Schedule on Students’ Achievement
- Average Reading Achievement and Scale Score Distributions
- Exhibit 1.1: Average Reading Achievement and Scale Score Distributions – Assessed Fourth Grade Students at the End of the School Year
- Exhibit 1.2: Significance of Differences Between Countries’ Average Reading Achievement – Assessed Fourth Grade Students at the End of the School Year
- Exhibit 1.3: Average Reading Achievement and Scale Score Distributions – Includes Countries with Delayed Assessment
- Average Reading Achievement by Gender
- Trends in Reading Achievement
- Trends in Average Reading Achievement
- Exhibit 2.1.1: Trend Plots of Average Reading Achievement – Assessed Fourth Grade Students at the End of the School Year
- Exhibit 2.1.2: Differences in Average Reading Achievement Across Assessment Years – Assessed Fourth Grade Students at the End of the School Year
- Exhibit 2.2.1: Differences in Average Reading Achievement Across Assessment Years – Delayed Assessment of Fourth Grade Cohort at the Beginning of Fifth Grade
- Exhibit 2.2.2: Differences in Average Reading Achievement Across Assessment Years – Delayed Assessment of Fourth Grade Cohort at the Beginning of Fifth Grade
- Trends in Average Achievement by Gender
- Relative Achievement in Reading Purposes and Comprehension Processes
- Performance at International Benchmarks
- Descriptions of the PIRLS 2021 Texts
- Descriptions of Reading Achievement at the PIRLS 2021 International Benchmarks
- Percentages of Students Reaching the International Benchmarks
- Trends in the Distributions of Achievement at the International Benchmarks
- Exhibit 4.3: Trends in the Distribution of Students Reaching the PIRLS International Benchmarks – Assessed Fourth Grade Students at the End of the School Year
- Exhibit 4.4: Trends in the Distribution of Students Reaching the PIRLS International Benchmarks – Assessed Fourth Grade Students at the End of the School Year
- Home Environment Support
- Home Socioeconomic Status
- Home Early Literacy Activities Before Primary School
- Parents Like Reading
- Could Do Early Literacy Tasks When Beginning Primary School
- School Composition, Resources, and Climate
- Socioeconomic Background of the Student Body
- Students Begin Primary Grades with Literacy Skills
- Instruction Affected by Resource Shortages
- School Emphasis on Academic Success
- School Discipline
- Students’ Reading Attitudes and Behaviors
- Students Like Reading
- Students Confident in Reading
- Students Use Digital Devices to Find and Read Information
- Appendices