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South African Children’s Reading Literacy Achievement PIRLS and prePIRLS 2011 Summary of the key results Prof. Sarah Howie and Dr Surette van Staden National Research Coordinators Centre for Evaluation and Assessment, University of Pretoria Joint Media Briefing 11 December 2012

Overview • Background to PIRLS 2011 • Achievement results • Benchmark results • Some significant factors • Conclusions

BACKGROUND TO PIRLS 2011

What is PIRLS? • An international comparative study in reading literacy • Measures trends across years • Monitors policy implementation over time • Provides a global context for achievement

What is PIRLS? • Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (2001 to 2011) • Assess reading literacy at Grade 4 level at three points in time: 2001, 2006 and 2011 • M ove from “learning to read” to “reading to learn”

Why the introduction of prePIRLS in 2011? PIRLS 2006 revealed that children at Grade 4 level, in many countries, are still developing fundamental reading skills .

Why the introduction of prePIRLS in 2011? PIRLS 2006 Grade 5 Results by Test Language 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0

Why the introduction of prePIRLS in 2011? The IEA has: introduced prePIRLS to bridge PIRLS at Grade 4:  A less difficult assessment, intended to measure the reading comprehension skills of students who are still in the process of learning how to read extended PIRLS at Grades 5 & 6:  Participation is encouraged as it could provide valuable information about learners’ strengths and weaknesses in reading

A comparison of the PIRLS and prePIRLS tests AIM GOAL use of a wide range of text types to create an authentic reading within each purpose for reading, experience with an equal proportion of material assessing each reading purpose PIRLS prePIRLS 800 words per text 400 words per text shorter, easier vocabulary and simpler syntax

Afrikaans English isiNdebele isiXhosa isiZulu prePIRLS 2011 Afrikaans PIRLS 2011 Sepedi Grade 4 Grade 5 English Sesotho Setswana siSwati Tshivenda Xitsonga

PIRLS 2011 Participating Countries Main study participants PIRLS benchmarking participants Australia Italy Alberta, Canada Austria Kuwait Ontario, Canada Azerbaijan Lithuania Quebec, Canada Belgium (French) Malta Maltese-Malta English/Afrikaans – South Africa Botswana Morocco Bulgaria Netherlands Andalusia, Spain Canada New Zealand Abu Dhabi, UAE Chinese Taipei Northern Ireland Dubai, UAE Colombia Norway Florida, USA Croatia Oman Czech Republic Poland prePIRLS participants Denmark Portugal Botswana England Qatar Colombia Finland Romania South Africa France Russian Federation Note: Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Libya and Qatar were Georgia Saudi Arabia countries that withdrew from prePIRLS 2011 Germany Singapore Grade 6 participants Honduras Slovak Republic Hong Kong SAR Slovenia Hungary Spain Indonesia Sweden Iran, Islamic Rep of Trinidad and Tobago Ireland United Arab Emirates Israel United States

PIRLS South Africa PIRLS South Africa 2006 2011 prePIRLS PIRLS Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 4 Grade 5 11 11 11 Afrikaans Languages Languages Languages English

PIRLS and prePIRLS 2011 Samples • Implementation in Study Grade Attained No of sample learners 2011 • Reading Literacy prePIRLS 4 341 15 744 Assessment • Background PIRLS 5 92 3 515 Questionnaires Total 433 19 259

ACHIEVEMENT RESULTS

GRADE 4 PREPIRLS 2011 RESULTS

prePIRLS 2011 Overall Results 700 576 600 461 463 500 Average scale score 500 400 300 200 100 0 Colombia International Botswana South Africa Centre point

prePIRLS 2011 Performance by Gender 600 500 475 500 461 446 Average scale score 400 300 200 100 0 Intenational South Africa Gr 4 Boys Gr 4 Girls Centre point

prePIRLS 2011 Performance by Test Language International Centre point 600 550 531 525 500 452 443 436 429 428 425 International Centre point 407 395 388 400 300 200 100 0

prePIRLS 2011: % of Learners Writing Test in their Home Language by Test Language 100 90 80 Percentage of Grade 4 Learners 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Afrikaans English isiNdebele isiXhosa isiZulu Sepedi Sesotho Setswana siSwati Tshivenda Xitsonga Gr 4 Same Gr 4 Different

prePIRLS 2011: Performance for Learners Writing in the Same or Different Language to their Home Language 700 590 600 500 511 458 449 400 300 365 200 100 0 Same Different

GRADE 5 PIRLS 2011 RESULTS

PIRLS 2011 Overall Results 600 569 552 548 538 515 476 500 457 450 424 424 421 419 419 400 300 200 100 0

PIRLS 2011 Performance compared to Reference Countries 600 571 568 568 567 558 556 552 531 527 500 450 448 439 430 428 425 421 419 391 400 310 300 200 100 0

PIRLS 2011 Performance by Test Language Performance by Test Language Test Language and Home Language 70% 600 58% 523 500 500 60% 431 427 421 418 397 389 400 Percentage of learners 50% 43% 300 40% 200 30% 100 20% 0 10% 0% Same as Language of Different from the Test Language of the Test

PIRLS 2011 Performance compared to PIRLS 2006 421 427 416 419 403 398 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 South Africa Afrikaans English 2011 2006

BENCHMARK RESULTS

GRADE 4 PREPIRLS 2011 OVERALL BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE

prePIRLS 2011 Overall Benchmark Performance % Achieving Benchmarks Of 71% 6 Percentage of learners 12 30 29 71 23 Low Intermediate Not Attained Low High Advanced

prePIRLS 2011 Benchmark Performance by Gender Boy 35 65 36 16 5 Girl 22 78 48 21 7 Not reached Low International Benchmark Intermediate International Benchmark High International Benchmark Advanced International Benchmark

prePIRLS 2011 Benchmark Performance by Test Language 47 53 Xitsonga 0 53 47 Tshivenda 0 24 76 siSwati 0.25 34 66 Setswana 0.1 Sesotho 36 64 0.1 57 43 Sepedi 0 isiZulu 29 71 0.8 38 62 0.4 isiXhosa 31 69 isiNdebele 0.2 English 10 90 19 12 88 Afrikaans 15 South Africa 29 71 6 Did not reach Low International benchmark Intemediate International Benchmark High International Benchmark Advanced International benchmark

GRADE 5 PIRLS 2011 OVERALL BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE

PIRLS 2011 Benchmark Performance 5 45 55 34 15 English 2 39 61 33 11 Afrikaans 4 43 57 34 14 South Africa 5 95 80 44 International median 8 Did not reach Low International Benchmark Intemediate International Benchmark High International Benchmark Advanced International Benchmark

PIRLS 2011 Benchmark comparisons with Selected International Participants 97% 87% 58% 19% Northern Ireland 99% 92% 63% 19% Russian Federation 97% 87% 62% 24% Singapore 99% 92% 63% 18% Finland 95% 80% 44% 8% International Median 100% 90% 48% 7% Netherlands 72% 38% 10% 1% Colombia 66% 28% 4% Indonesia 57% 34% 14% 4% SA Gr 5 Afr and Eng Low International Benchmark High International Benchmark Intermediate International Benchmark Advanced International Benchmark

PIRLS 2011 Performance by Gender 48% 52% 31% 13% Boys 3% 5% 38% 62% 38% 14% Girls Not attained Low International Benchmark Intermediate International Benchmark High International Benchmark Advanced International Benchmark

PIRLS Grade 5 Benchmarks by Location Remote rural Low 26 Not reached 74 small town or village Low 55 Not reached 45 Medium city Low 64 or town Not reached 36 Township Low 28 Not reached 72 Suburban Low 84 Not reached 16 Low 81 Urban Not reached 19 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Trends in Benchmarks reached: PIRLS 2006 to PIRLS 2011 2011 43 57 34 14 4 2006 47 53 36 17 5 Did not reach Low International benchmark Intemediate International Benchmark High International Benchmark Advanced International benchmark

SOME SIGNIFICANT FACTORS

Location of the School and Grade 4 Achievement Grade 4 Score 102 pts 600 530 531 516 500 448 441 428 400 300 200 100 0 Urban Suburban Township Medium size Small town Remote rural city

Teacher Qualifications and Grade 4 Achievement prePIRLS 2011 Teacher Qualifications 600 550 504 484 500 468 457 442 427 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 No Teacher Certificate in 4-Year Diploma in Bachelors Degree Postgraduate Diploma Postgraduate In-Service Qualification Education/Pre-Service Education Diploma or Certificate Diploma Series1

Grade 4 Class Size by Test Language Grade 5 Class Size Grade 4 Class Size by Test 2006-2011 Language National Average 40 PIRLS Class Sizes 45 Afrikaans 34 39 40 38 English 36 37 36 35 35 35 isiNdebele 47 30 isiXhosa 45 25 isiZulu 41 20 Sepedi 43 15 Sesotho 45 10 Setswana 43 siSwati 53 5 Tshivenda 44 0 South Africa Afrikaans English Xitsonga 46 2011 2006