The 1991 IEA Reading Literacy Study assessed the reading literacy of 4th and 9th grade pupils in 31 countries and looked at performance in the narrative, expository, and documents domains.
The global rankings are the result of two studies - the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS).
The National Center for Education Statistics constructed a "world average" of 18 countries that are members of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and that participated in the IEA reading study.
The Reading study suggests that most people would much rather gaze at their own gardens or a city park, which they value three times more than the much less accessible land around towns.
Whenever I think there's a perfect pattern, further reading and study reveal an exception.
The statistics on the numbers going to university to study computing make sobering reading.
The critic was operating on hearsay rather than with the benefit of reading my study.
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The study should be mandatory reading for the stubborn, complacent and squabbling politicians of eastern Europe.
Selected scholars must ask in advance for precise documents which they can study in a large reading room that seats about 100 people.
Some years ago I remember reading a study that concluded that people with a GED earn the least and those with higher levels of education earn progressively more money.
It is quite effective in creating Science and Technology awareness, helps to foster creativity and integrate the study of science with reading, writing, music, art and the performing arts.
The IEA is probably best known for its Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), an international large-scale assessment of learning outcomes (ILSA) for primary school learners in science and mathematics, as well as for PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study).
Would I, reading that same study data over her open grave, countenance the inconvenience and cost for those other 1, 903 women?
He would be snug in his reading chair in their Houston study, paging through weighty art books.
Many people are now reading it, with earnestness and dedication, often in reading groups modelled on Bible study groups.
In America, a similar study suggested chess improved children's reading and writing skills, and led to chess being placed on the curriculum in New Jersey.
According to a study by food scientists at the University of Reading, high altitudes dull the taste buds.
Because they're volunteer-based, and because each state uses different methods to measure reading level, doing a nationwide study would be difficult.
An international study published on December 7th found that the reading skills of British secondary school pupils have fallen behind those of children living in France and Germany.
Just yesterday I was reading the latest findings from a study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics that said one of the key reasons women are not as successful in business is a lack of confidence.
When he attended college in Cairo, he undertook a study of Jewish life there, associating with Jews and reading the works of Zionists such as Theodor Herzl.
In a 2006 German study judges were asked to roll (rigged) dice between reading the documents in a (hypothetical) case and making their judgment.
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But he had Dickens as bedtime reading, finished high school and went on to study literature at Swarthmore, where after a couple of suspensions he graduated with the best degree.
After reading the skeptics, I tend to agree that the study is not as impressive as it first seemed.
Another more recent study showed that seeing the golden arches triggers neurological changes that increase our reading speed.
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This study, by far the most thorough of its kind, makes sobering reading for anyone who worries about the link between financial crime and corporate secrecy.
Study leader, Dr Rachel Howard, a researcher at the University of Reading, said the problems leading to drug errors were complex and there was no one solution.
Younger children who read printed books as well as used computers were more likely to have higher reading levels than those who only read on screen, the study said.
Candidates must be proficient in reading and writing the language of instruction in the proposed country of study.
The first PISA study, in 2000, placed German pupils well below the OECD average for reading and literacy.
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