ILSA-Gateway: PIRLS 2016 ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

Do Your Students Like to Read? Strategies Teachers Employ to Inspire Positive Attitudes Toward Reading

Results show that attitudes toward reading have declined, on average, across many countries. Fourth graders internationally are reporting that they enjoy reading less and less. IEA Teacher Snippet number two provides four strategies to inspire positive attitudes toward reading and foster confidence in reading backed by data from IEA's PIRLS (Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study).

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International Handbook of Comparative Large-Scale Studies in Education: Perspectives, Methods and Findings

Publications

The international handbook of comparative large-scale studies in education provides an overview of history, theory, aims, and methodology of international large-scale assessment (ILSA). It introduces how to analyze the ILSA data, and it describes exemplary how researchers have been using ILSA data to investigate the relationship between school climate and student outcomes. Many other aspects are covered by the handbook which concludes with an outlook to future potential of the ILSAs.

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New Series for Teachers: IEA’s Teacher Snippets

Publications

The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has launched a publication series called “Teacher Snippets”, providing teachers and other interested parties with summarized findings from IEA international large-scale assessment (ILSA) studies and other research to give back to teachers. In this text, two of these snippets (related to sense of belonging to school and to strengthening positive reading attitudes) are introduced.

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PIRLS 2016 International Database Released

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The PIRLS 2016 International Database has been made available for individuals interested in the data collected and analyzed as part of PIRLS 2016.

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Reading: Why Success Comes Before Engagement

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Andrea Netten, in the article, shares her view that past good performance by students boosts their confidence and encourages them to do better in the future. She backs this opinion by considering data from PIRLS 2016 study.

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Policy Brief: PIRLS for Teachers. Making PIRLS Results More Useful for Practitioners

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From the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment, Therese N. Hoppenbeck and Jenny Lenkeit publish a policy brief that investigates ways of making PIRLS results more useful for practitioners.

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PIRLS 2016 International Results Available

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UNESCO, co-hosting with IEA has released the international results of PIRLS and ePIRLS 2016

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The PIRLS 2016 Encyclopedia Released

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Coming to pirls.bc.edu on October 9, 2017, is the PIRLS 2016 Encyclopedia: Education Policy and Curriculum in Reading.

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Newsletter: What's New in Large-Scale International Studies?

Newsletters

A project from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the American Institutes for Research (AIR), the International Activities Program (IAP) presents the semi-monthly newsletter “What's new in large-scale international studies?”

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Policy Brief: Reading Performance in Post-Colonial Contexts and the Effect of Instruction in a Second Language

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In an increasingly diverse world, where significant migration is becoming the norm, countries are considering a greater range of language-in-education models, varying from full immersion to increasing degrees of additive bilingualism. Independent international studies, like IEA's PIRLS, can provide valuable evidence to help support national policymaking. Our new policy brief, by Sarah Howie and Megan Chamberlain, investigates this.

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