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Pirls 2006 reading achievement | The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (Pirls) is a comparative study of the reading attainment of children aged about 10, being conducted every five years. This is the second report, featuring 40 countries. DISTRIBUTION OF READING ACHIEVEMENT| Countries | Average scale score* | Mean age | | Russian Federation | 565(3.4) | 10.8 | | Hong Kong SAR | 564(2.4) | 10.0 | | Singapore | 558(2.9) | 10.4 | | Luxembourg | 557(1.1) | 11.4 | | Italy | 551(2.9) | 9.7 | | Hungary | 551(3.0) | 10.7 | | Sweden | 549(2.3) | 10.9 | | Germany | 548(2.2) | 10.5 | | Netherlands | 547(1.5) | 10.3 | | Belgium (Flemish) | 547(2.0) | 10.0 | | Bulgaria | 547(4.4) | 10.9 | | Denmark | 546(2.3) | 10.9 | | Latvia | 541(2.3) | 11.0 | | United States | 540(3.5) | 10.1 | | England | 539 (2.6) | 10.3 | | Austria | 538(2.2) | 10.3 | | Lithuania | 537(1.6) | 10.7 | | Chinese Taipei | 535(2.0) | 10.1 | | New Zealand | 532(2.0) | 10.0 | | Slovak Republic | 531(2.8) | 10.4 | | Scotland | 527(2.8) | 9.9 | | France | 522(2.1) | 10.0 | | Slovenia | 522(2.1) | 9.9 | | Poland | 519(2.4) | 9.9 | | Spain | 513(2.5) | 9.9 | | Israel | 512(3.3) | 10.1 | | Iceland | 511 (1.3) | 9.8 | | Pirls scale average | 500 | | | Moldova, Rep. of | 500(3.0) | 10.9 | | Belgium (French) | 500(2.6) | 9.9 | | Norway | 498(2.6) | 9.8 | | Romania | 489(5.0) | 10.9 | | Georgia | 471(3.1) | 10.1 | | Macedonia, Rep. of | 442(4.1) | 10.6 | | Trinidad and Tobago | 436(4.9) | 10.1 | | Iran, Islamic Rep. of | 421(3.1) | 10.2 | | Indonesia | 405(4.1) | 10.4 | | Qatar | 353(1.1) | 9.8 | | Kuwait | 330(4.2) | 9.8 | | Morocco | 323(5.9) | 10.8 | | South Africa | 302 (5.6) | 11.9 | |
*The Pirls reading achievement scale was established in PIRLS 2001 to have a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. | READ THE FINDINGS
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The figure in brackets is the standard error and refers to uncertainty in estimates resulting from random fluctuations in samples. The smaller the standard error, the better the sample's score is as an estimate of the population's score.
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