06/24/2024
and want to learn more about the basis for IEA's PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study), the PIRLS 2026 Assessment Frameworks can now be downloaded from the TIMSS & PIRLS website: https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/pirls2026/frameworks/index.html
TIMSS & PIRLS — PIRLS 2026 Assessment Frameworks
PIRLS 2026 Assessment Frameworks provides the two frameworks for the reading assessment and the context questionnaires, respectively. Read about IEA’s PIRLS 2026. PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) is an international large-scale assessment that has been conducted at the fo...
06/20/2024
The PIRLS 2026 Assessment Frameworks publication is out now. https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/pirls2026/frameworks/index.html
Chapter 1, the Reading Assessment Framework, describes how PIRLS defines reading literacy and assesses reading achievement.
Chapter 2, the Contextual Framework, describes the information PIRLS 2026 collects about the contexts of students' reading development, both at school and at home.
Chapter 3, the Assessment Design, describes the organization of the PIRLS 2026 reading assessment, including details about the group-adaptive design.
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05/14/2024
The second PIRLS Insights report, COVID-19 Research Resources in PIRLS 2021, is out now. This guide for researchers describes how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted PIRLS 2021 and outlines the contextual data related to COVID-19 collected in the study. pirls2021.org/insights
PIRLS 2021 data cannot be used to make causal inferences about the impact of COVID-19 on student achievement. But it does include rich contextual data about instruction and learning at home and in schools during the pandemic, collected via the Home, School, and Curriculum questionnaires and contributions to the PIRLS 2021 Encyclopedia. Learn more about these sources in the Insights report, the PIRLS 2021 Context Questionnaires and Context Questionnaire Framework, and the PIRLS 2021 Encyclopedia: http://pirls2021.org
About the PIRLS assessment
PIRLS 2021 is the fifth cycle of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study. Since 2021, PIRLS has provided high-quality data for monitoring progress in students’ reading achievement at the fourth grade, covering 20 years of trends.
About the Insights series
The PIRLS 2021 Insights series provides a closer look at specific topics using data. Publications in this series will be released on a rolling basis.
PIRLS 2021 Insights Series
PIRLS Insights publications use both reading achievement and contextual data to take a closer look at particular areas of research interest.
