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Direct linkElla Anghel; Erin Wry; Matthias von Davier – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2025
Engagement in digital reading assessments has been underexplored in spite of its importance for assessment and instructional design. In this study, we used different engagement indicators in two ePIRLS tasks (n[subscript 1] = 14,324, n[subscript 2] = 15,026) to identify engagement profiles, and interpreted them using the three-dimensional model of…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Reading Achievement
Download full textMatthias Eck; Juliane Hencke; Alec Kennedy; Sabine Meinck; Justine Sass – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2024
Using data from the 2016 and 2021 cycles of PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study), this brief examines gender disparities of fourth-grade students in reading enjoyment, confidence, and engagement. It explores how parents' reading habits influence their children's reading performance. The findings indicate that girls in general…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Reading Tests, Reading Achievement
Renée Claes; Jana Laga; Katrijn Denies; Nele Bleukx; Jonas Dockx; Hilde Van Keer; Koen Aesaert – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2024
Background: Providing a rich home literacy environment (HLE) is considered to contribute to the development of students' reading comprehension. However, less research attention has been given to the underlying mechanisms that influence this relationship, including potential mediating characteristics. The present study aims to assess whether…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Environment, Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension
Kivanç Bozkus – European Journal of Education, 2025
This study aimed to employ machine learning techniques to uncover the pivotal determinants influencing the reading proficiency of fourth-grade students across 65 regions, as participants in the PIRLS 2021 assessment. The primary objective was to discern and assess key factors at the student, family and school levels that predict high and low…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Reading Skills, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
Ariel Lindorff; Jamie Stiff; Heather Kayton – UK Department for Education, 2024
This report outlines the results of the 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) in England. PIRLS is an international comparative study directed by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. The aim of PIRLS is to assess and compare the reading performance of pupils in their fourth year of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Grade 4, International Assessment
