Chapter 1: Trends in Reading Literacy Achievement 1991–2001.    

Chapter 1 summarizes changes in average reading literacy achievement of primary/elementary-school children from 1991 to 2001 for each country. Separate results for girls and boys, and changes in gender differences also are provided, as are changes in average achievement in three reading domains – narrative text, expository text, and documents.

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