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Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)

Countries

Thirty-five countries from around the world participated in PIRLS 2001, and forty-one countries participated in PIRLS 2006. These countries include:

Countries PIRLS 2001 PIRLS 2006
Africa
Morocco X X
South Africa   X
Asia
Chinese Taipei   X
Hong Kong (SAR) X X
Indonesia   X
Iran X X
Israel X X
Kuwait X X
Qatar   X
Singapore X X
Turkey X  
Europe
Austria   X
Belgium (Flemish)   X
Belgium (French)   X
Bulgaria X X
Cyprus X  
Czech Republic X  
Denmark   X
England X X
France X X
Georgia   X
Germany X X
Greece X  
Hungary X X
Iceland X X
Italy X X
Latvia X X
Lithuania X X
Luxembourg   X
Macedonia, Republic of X X
Moldova X X
Netherlands X X
Norway X X
Poland   X
Romania X X
Russian Federation X X
Scotland X X
Slovak Republic X X
Slovenia X X
Spain   X
Sweden X X
North America
Belize X  
Canada X X
Trinidad and Tobago   X
United States X X
South America
Argentina X  
Colombia X  
Oceania
New Zealand X X
X = collected data

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