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PIRLS 2011Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2011
SUMMARY REPORT
SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDRENSREADING LITERACY ACHIEVEMENT
Sarah Howie
Surette van Staden
Mishack Tshele
Cilla Dowse
Lisa Zimmerman
2011
PIRLS SA
2011
PIRLS SA
SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDRENS READING LITERACY ACHIEVEMENT
PIRLS 2011
Sarah HowieSurette van Staden
Mishack TsheleCilla Dowse
Lisa Zimmerman
This project has been funded by the National Research Foundation, ZENEX Foundation and the South Africa-Netherlands Research Programme
on Alternatives in Development
2011
PIRLS SA
2012 Centre for Evaluation and Assessment, University of Pretoria
PIRLS 2011: South African Childrens Reading Literacy Achievement Report
Sarah Howie, Surette van Staden, Mishack Tshele, Cilla Dowse and Lisa Zimmerman
Publisher:Centre for Evaluation and AssessmentUniversity of Pretoria0002
Cover design by Hendrik LabuschagneLanguage editing by Andrew GrahamTechnical editing by Hendrik Labuschagne
ISBN 978-1-77592-023-6
Printed in South Africa
IPIRLS SA 2011
Table of Contents
TAbLe of ConTenTS
PRefACe..........................................................................................................xI
exeCuTIve SummARy ..................................................................................xv
i Key findings ........................................................................................................xv
i.i Learner Achievement Internationally and Nationally ..........................................XV
i.ii Supportive Home Environment Promotes Reading Literacy Achievement ......XVI
i.iii Classroom and Teacher Factors .....................................................................XVI
i.iv Under-Resourced Schools hampering Effective Reading ..............................XVII
ii InitialReflections ............................................................................................xvIII
CHAPTeR 1 bACKGRounD ........................................................................... 1
1.1 TheSouthAfricanEducationLandscape ........................................................ 1
1.2 BackgroundtothePIRLS2011ProjectinSouthAfrica ................................. 5
1.3 OverviewoftheInternationalResearchDesignfor PIRLS 2011 .................... 7
1.4 StructureoftheReport ...................................................................................... 8
CHAPTeR 2 LAnGuAGe AnD LITeRACy In SouTH AfRICAn SCHooLS .......................................................................... 9
2.1 LanguageProfilesinSouthAfrica ................................................................... 9
2.2 LanguageinEducationPolicy ........................................................................ 10
2.3 LanguageCurriculaandReadinginthePrimarySchoolupto2011 .......... 12
2.4 CurriculumAssessmentPolicyStatement(CAPS)forLanguage .............. 14
2.5 ReadingPolicyasof2012 .............................................................................. 15
2.6 ImpactofPIRLS2006andInterventionssince2006 .................................... 15
2.7 Summary........................................................................................................... 16
CHAPTeR 3 ReSeARCH DeSIGn AnD meTHoDS uSeD In prePIRLSAnD PIRLS 2011 ............................................................. 19
3.1 ConceptualFramework:prePIRLSandPIRLS2011 .................................... 19
3.2 ResearchObjectives........................................................................................ 21
3.3 StudyDesignandMethods ............................................................................. 22
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3.3.1 Population and Sampling: prePIRLS and PIRLS 2011 ................................. 22
3.3.2 Assessment Instruments: prePIRLS and PIRLS 2011 ................................. 23
3.3.3 Background Questionnaires: prePIRLS and PIRLS 2011 ............................ 24
3.3.4 Translation of Instruments in South Africa .................................................... 24
3.3.5 Data Collection ............................................................................................. 25
3.3.6 Scoring ......................................................................................................... 25
3.3.7 Data Capture and Processing ...................................................................... 26
3.3.8 Quality Assurance ....................................................................................... 26
3.4 Conclusions ..................................................................................................... 26
CHAPTeR 4 SouTH AfRICAn LeARneR PeRfoRmAnCe In ReADInG LITeRACy ...................................................................................... 27
4.1 SouthAfricanGrade4ResultsforprePIRLS ................................................ 27
4.1.1 South African Grade 4 prePIRLS 2011 Overall Results ............................... 27
4.1.2 South African Grade 4 prePIRLS 2011 Performance by Gender ................. 28
4.1.3 South African Grade 4 prePIRLS 2011 Performance for each of the 11 Languages ............................................................................................... 29
4.1.4 South African Grade 4 prePIRLS 2011 Results by Test Language and Home Language .......................................................................................... 30
4.1.5 prePIRLS 2011 Relative Average Achievement in Reading Purposes ......... 33
4.2 SouthAfricasOverallPIRLS2011Achievement ......................................... 35
4.2.1 South African Grade 5 PIRLS 2011 Overall Results Compared to Other Benchmarking Participants .......................................................................... 35
4.2.2 South African Grade 5 PIRLS 2011 Overall Results Compared to Reference Countries ................................................................................... 36
4.2.3 South African Grade 5 PIRLS 2011 Performance by Gender ...................... 37
4.2.4 South African Grade 5 PIRLS 2011 Performance By Test Language .......... 37
4.2.5 South African Grade 5 PIRLS 2011 Average Achievement for Reading Purposes ...................................................................................................... 40
4.3 PIRLS2011PerformanceComparedtoPIRLS2006 ..................................... 41
4.3.1 Trends In Overall Reading Achievement (PIRLS 2006 - PIRLS 2011) ....... 41
4.3.2 Trends in Reading Achievement by Gender ................................................ 42
4.4 Conclusions ..................................................................................................... 43
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CHAPTeR 5 PeRfoRmAnCe AT THe InTeRnATIonAL benCHmARKS of ReADInG ACHIevemenT ............................................. 45
5.1 IntroductiontoInternationalBenchmarks ................................................... 45
5.2 SouthAfricanGrade4LearnerPerformanceonprePIRLS 2011 InternationalBenchmarks ............................................................................. 47
5.2.1 South African Grade 4 prePIRLS 2011 Overall Benchmark Performance .............................................................................................. 47
5.2.2 South African Grade 4 prePIRLS 2011 Benchmark Performance by Language ........................................................................... 48
5.2.3 South African Grade 4 prePIRLS 2011 Benchmark Performance by Gender .................................................................................................... 49
5.3 SouthAfricanGrade5LearnersPerformanceonPIRLS2011International Benchmarks .................................................................................................... 49
5.3.1 South African Grade 5 Learner Performance on PIRLS 2011 International Benchmarks Overall and by Language ................................... 50
5.3.2 South African Grade 5 Learner Performance on PIRLS 2011 International Benchmarks by Gender .......................................................... 50
5.3.3 Trends in South African Grade 5 Learners Performance on PIRLS 2011 International Benchmarks Overall ............................................................... 51
5.3.4 Trends In South African Grade 5 Learners Performance on PIRLS 2011 International Benchmarks by Gender .......................................................... 52
5.4 Conclusions .................................................................................................... 53
CHAPTeR 6 LeARneRS AnD THeIR Home envIRonmenT SuPPoRT foR ReADInG ACHIevemenT ................................................... 55
6.1 ProfileoftheGrade4LearnersinprePIRLS ................................................. 55
6.2 prePIRLS2011LearnerAttitudesandBehaviourtoReading ..................... 56
6.2.1 prePIRLS 2011 Learner Reports on Enjoying Reading ................................ 56
6.2.2 prePIRLS 2011 Learner Motivation to Read ................................................. 58
6.2.3 prePIRLS2011LearnerConfidenceinReading .......................................... 59
6.3 prePIRLS2011HomeSupportforLearners ..........