Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (pirls)

Data Quality and Comparability 
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The 
Reading Literacy of U.S. Fourth-Grade Students in an 
International Context: Results From the 2001 and 2006 
Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study 
(PIRLS) 
(NCES 2008-017)
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PIRLS, page 13 

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A Content Comparison 
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Countries of the 1991 Reading Literacy Study
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Literacy Study, NCES 2003–05
, by Barbara Kapinus. 
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