PIRLS 2001 International Database

Thirty-five countries participated in PIRLS 2001, IEA's Progress in International Reading Literacy Study at the fourth grade (9- and 10-year-olds). With 150,000 students tested, PIRLS 2001 is the first in a planned 5-year cycle of international trend studies in reading literacy.<p><p>Directed by the International Study Center at Boston College, PIRLS consists of a carefully-constructed test assessing a range of reading comprehension strategies for two major reading purposes - literary and informational. PIRLS collected extensive information about home, school, and national influences on how well students learn to read. Of special interest, parents and caregivers completed questionnaires about their children's early literacy activities. <p><p>Participating countries include: Argentina; Belize; Bulgaria; Canada; Colombia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; England; France; Germany; Greece; Hong Kong, SAR; Hungary; Iceland; Iran, Islamic Rep. of; Israel; Italy; Kuwait; Latvia; Lithuania; Macedonia, Rep. of; Moldova, Rep. of; Morocco; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Romania; Russian Federation; Scotland; Singapore; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Sweden; Turkey; United States.

三十五个国家参与了2001年的PIRLS研究，即国际阅读素养进展研究（针对四年级学生，即9至10岁儿童）。在此次研究中，共有15万名学生接受了测试，PIRLS 2001作为一项为期五年的国际阅读素养趋势研究计划的首轮研究，具有里程碑意义。PIRLS研究由波士顿学院的国际研究中心主持，该研究通过精心设计的测试，评估了学生在两种主要阅读目的——文学阅读和信息阅读——中的多种阅读理解策略。PIRLS收集了大量关于家庭、学校和国家级别对学生阅读学习成效产生影响的资料。特别值得一提的是，家长和监护人还完成了关于孩子早期阅读活动情况的问卷。

参与国家包括：阿根廷；伯利兹；保加利亚；加拿大；哥伦比亚；塞浦路斯；捷克共和国；英格兰；法国；德国；希腊；香港特别行政区；匈牙利；冰岛；伊朗伊斯兰共和国；以色列；意大利；科威特；拉脱维亚；立陶宛；马其顿共和国；摩尔多瓦共和国；摩洛哥；荷兰；新西兰；挪威；罗马尼亚；俄罗斯联邦；苏格兰；新加坡；斯洛伐克共和国；斯洛文尼亚；瑞典；土耳其；美国。