Trends in reading literacy achievement of fourth-grade students.
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PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) is an international comparative student assessment looking at the trends in reading literacy achievement of fourth-grade students.

PIRLS is implemented in Hungary by the Department of Assessment and Evaluation at the Educational Authority (formerly known as the The Center for Evaluation Studies). The Department implements national and international comparative student assessment studies in the field of Reading, Mathematics and Science. Learn more about the study center...

 

January, 2009

The Department of Assessment and Evaluation of the Educational Authority of Hungary has released the English language translation of the PIRLS 2006 study "Summary Report on the Reading Literacy of 10-year-old Students in Hungary" by Ildikó Balázsi, Péter Balkányi, Emese Felvégi, Vilmos Szabó.

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January, 2008

Read the initial results of the PIRLS 2006 study The Reading Skills of Fourth Graders (in Hungarian) by Ildikó Balázsi & Péter Balkányi in the New Pedagogical Review of Hungary.