Chapter 2: Achievement in Reading for Literary Experience and Reading To Acquire and Use Information.  

For PIRLS, reading literacy is defined as: the ability to understand and use those written language forms required by society and/or valued by the individual. Young readers can construct meaning from a variety of texts. They read to learn, to participate in communities of readers, and for enjoyment.

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