America Idles on International Reading Test
Reforms aimed at improving reading achievement seem to have propelled Russia, Hong Kong, and Singapore from middle to top rankings on an international assessment of literacy skills, even as U.S. performance stood still, according to results released last week.
American 4th graders failed to show progress, despite spending more time on reading lessons than their peers internationally. Still, they outscored children in 22 of 39 other nations that took part in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study , or PIRLS.
“The United States had a respectable showing in that they were outperformed only by seven countries, and the trend shows some stability in results,” said Ina V.S. Mullis, who co-directs the assessment with Michael O....
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