Reading for Change [electronic resource] : Performance and Engagement across Countries
Publishing, OECD.
Organization For Economic Co-Operation And Development StaffContent Provider
 : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2003.
 Following the initial report on the results of the first PISA survey, this report looks more closely at performance in reading. It shows reading literacy levels of students aged 15, in 32 countries, in terms of how well they can use written materials to meet the challenges of the real world and to become lifelong learners. This book will help readers understand better the factors associated with reading well in the modern world. 
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""CONTENTS""; ""Foreword""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction to PISA and reading literacy""; ""Aims of the PISA study""; ""How PISA differs from other international surveys""; ""Reading literacy as a foundation skill""; ""Background of the reading literacy framework""; ""Development of the reading literacy framework, measurement instrument and student background questionnaire""; ""Quality and comparability""; ""Focus and organisation of this report""; ""Chapter 2: The construct of reading literacy for PISA""; ""Characterising the PISA reading literacy framework""; ""Situation""; ""Texts""
""Test rubric""""Scaling the reading literacy tasks""; ""Reporting the results""; ""Building an item map""; ""Levels of reading literacy proficiency""; ""Interpreting the reading literacy levels""; ""Chapter 3: Sample tasks""; ""Selection and organisation of the sample tasks""; ""Runners""; ""Graffiti""; ""The gift""; ""Lake Chad""; ""Labour""; ""PLAN International""; ""Readersâ€? guide""; ""Chapter 4: The reading performance of 15 -year-olds""; ""Performance on the combined reading literacy scale""; ""Mean scores""; ""Score distributions: The spread of scores for different populations""
""Score distributions: Proportions at the extremes of the scale""""Performance on the aspect subscales of reading literacy""; ""Mean scores""; ""Distribution of reading literacy within countries on the aspect subscales""; ""Comparing performance on the aspect subscales within countries""; ""Performance on the text format subscales of reading""; ""Mean scores""; ""Distribution of reading literacy within countries on the text format subscales""; ""Comparing performance on the text format subscales within countries""; ""Inequality within and between PISA countries ""
""Chapter 5: The reading engagement of 15-year-olds""""Measuring reading engagement in PISA""; ""Reader profiles""; ""Reader profiles by country""; ""Reader profiles and proficiency by country""; ""Reader profiles by levels of proficiency and reading subscales""; ""Relationship of selected background characteristics to reading profiles""; ""Reader profiles by gender""; ""Reader profiles by socio-economic background""; ""Reader profiles by access to print""; ""Engagement in reading by gender""; ""Can engagement in reading compensate for the social background?""
""Chapter 6: The relationship getween background characteristics and reading literacy""""Reading literacy and individual student characteristics""; ""Gender""; ""Reading engagement""; ""Time spent doing homework""; ""Reading literacy and family characteristics""; ""Socio-economic background""; ""Number of books in the home""; ""Home educational resources""; ""Cultural communication in the home""; ""Family structure""; ""Immigration status""; ""Reading literacy and the classroom environment""; ""Pressure to achieve""; ""Disciplinary climate""; ""Sense of belonging""
""Student-teacher relationship""
 Following the initial report on the results of the first PISA survey, this report looks more closely at performance in reading. It shows reading literacy levels of students aged 15, in 32 countries, in terms of how well they can use written materials to meet the challenges of the real world and to become lifelong learners. This book will help readers understand better the factors associated with reading well in the modern world. 
Competency-based educational tests -- OECD countries.
Educational evaluation -- OECD countries.
Educational tests and measurements -- OECD countries.
Literacy -- OECD countries.
Reading -- Ability testing -- OECD countries.
PISA