Table 409. | Reading literacy test scores of 9-year-olds: Selected countries, 1992 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Overall | Narra- |Narrative\1\| Narra- |Expository\2\|Documents\3\ |Grade |Mean |mean score |tive\1\ 1st| mean score |tive\1\ 3rd|mean score |mean score Country |tested|age | | quartile | | quartile | | _______________________|______|_____|___________|___________|____________|___________|_____________|____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 _______________________|______|_____|___________|___________|____________|___________|_____________|____________ Finland ...............| 3 | 9.7 | 569 (3.4)| 508 | 568 (3.0) | 602 | 569 (3.1) | 569 (4.0) United States .........| 4 |10.0 | 547 (2.8)| 476 | 553 (3.1) | 619 | 538 (2.6) | 550 (2.7) Sweden ................| 3 | 9.8 | 539 (2.8)| 467 | 536 (2.6) | 592 | 542 (2.7) | 539 (3.2) France ................| 4 |10.1 | 531 (4.0)| 467 | 532 (4.1) | 580 | 533 (4.1) | 527 (3.9) Italy .................| 4 | 9.9 | 529 (4.3)| 468 | 533 (4.0) | 576 | 538 (4.0) | 517 (4.9) | | | | | | | | New Zealand ...........| 5 |10.0 | 528 (3.3)| 452 | 534 (3.5) | 594 | 531 (3.1) | 521 (3.3) Norway ................| 3 | 9.8 | 524 (2.6)| 455 | 525 (2.8) | 576 | 528 (2.3) | 519 (2.8) Iceland\4\ ............| 3 | 9.8 | 518 (0.0)| 448 | 518 (0.0) | 571 | 517 (0.0) | 519 (0.0) Hong Kong .............| 4 |10.0 | 517 (3.9)| 431 | 494 (4.1) | 548 | 503 (3.4) | 554 (4.2) Singapore .............| 3 | 9.3 | 515 (1.0)| 450 | 521 (1.1) | 567 | 519 (1.0) | 504 (1.0) | | | | | | | | Switzerland ...........| 3 | 9.7 | 511 (2.7)| 438 | 506 (2.6) | 566 | 507 (2.7) | 522 (2.8) Ireland ...............| 4 | 9.3 | 509 (3.6)| 445 | 518 (3.7) | 571 | 514 (3.2) | 495 (3.8) Belgium\5\ ............| 4 | 9.8 | 507 (3.2)| 439 | 510 (3.3) | 558 | 505 (2.8) | 506 (3.5) Greece ................| 4 | 9.3 | 504 (3.7)| 447 | 514 (3.8) | 567 | 511 (3.6) | 488 (3.8) Spain .................| 4 |10.0 | 504 (2.5)| 429 | 497 (2.4) | 543 | 505 (2.3) | 509 (2.7) | | | | | | | | Germany (former West) .| 3 | 9.4 | 503 (3.0)| 421 | 491 (2.8) | 543 | 497 (2.9) | 520 (3.2) Canada\6\ .............| 3 | 8.9 | 500 (3.0)| 437 | 502 (3.5) | 566 | 499 (2.7) | 500 (2.8) Germany (former East) .| 3 | 9.5 | 499 (4.3)| 414 | 482 (4.2) | 531 | 493 (3.6) | 522 (5.0) Hungary ...............| 3 | 9.3 | 499 (3.1)| 437 | 496 (2.9) | 541 | 493 (3.1) | 509 (3.5) Slovenia ..............| 3 | 9.7 | 498 (2.6)| 435 | 502 (2.7) | 570 | 489 (2.5) | 503 (2.5) | | | | | | | | Netherlands ...........| 3 | 9.2 | 485 (3.6)| 425 | 494 (3.3) | 539 | 480 (3.4) | 481 (3.9) Cyprus ................| 4 | 9.8 | 481 (2.3)| 421 | 492 (2.4) | 548 | 475 (2.3) | 476 (2.1) Portugal ..............| 4 |10.4 | 478 (3.6)| 419 | 483 (3.3) | 531 | 480 (3.0) | 471 (4.5) Denmark ...............| 3 | 9.8 | 475 (3.5)| 386 | 463 (3.4) | 539 | 467 (3.5) | 496 (3.6) Trinidad/Tobago .......| 4 | 9.6 | 451 (3.4)| 383 | 455 (3.6) | 502 | 458 (3.4) | 440 (3.3) | | | | | | | | Indonesia .............| 4 |10.8 | 394 (3.0)| 351 | 402 (2.8) | 436 | 411 (3.2) | 369 (3.0) Venezuela .............| 4 |10.1 | 383 (3.4)| 322 | 378 (3.2) | 426 | 396 (3.3) | 374 (3.7) _______________________|______|_____|___________|___________|____________|___________|_____________|____________ |
\1\Narrative prose is continuous text in which the writer's aim is to tell a story.
NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, How in the World Do Students Read?, 1992. (This table was prepared April 1993.)
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