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Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study 2001

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Questionnaires
PIRLS 2001 User Guide Supplement 1
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subtitle International Version of the PIRLS 2001 and Reading Literacy Study Background Questionnaires
Date 2003-01-01
Country United States
Language English
Publisher(s) International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
Description This supplement contains the international version of the PIRLS 2001 and Reading Literacy background questionnaires in the following five sections:
Section 1: PIRLS 2001 Student Background Questionnaire
Section 2: PIRLS 2001 Teacher Background Questionnaire
Section 3: PIRLS 2001 School Questionnaire
Section 4: PIRLS 2001 Learning to Read Survey
Section 5: Reading Literacy Student Background Questionnaire

It also contains the lists of the international background variables corresponding to each of the background questionnaire items that were administered.
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PIRLS 2001 User Guide Supplement 2
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subtitle Documentation of National Adaptations of International Background Questionnaire Items
Date 2003-01-01
Country United States
Language English
Publisher(s) International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
Table of contents This supplement contains documentation of national adaptations to the international versions of the background questionnaire items.

This documentation provides users with a guide to evaluate the availability of internationally comparable data for use in secondary analyses involving the PIRLS 2001 background variables. The documentation of national adaptations is presented in four separate sections corresponding to each questionnaire type:
• Section 1: Student Background Questionnaire
• Section 2: Home Background Questionnaire
• Section 3: Teacher Background Questionnaire
• Section 4: School Background Questionnaire.

Each section contains general item information as well as specific national documentation about individual background questions in the order of questionnaire item location. Information is included when the version of the question administered in a country was different from the international version of the question as it appears in the international version of the questionnaires.
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PIRLS 2001 Items
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Date 2003-01-01
Country United States
Language English
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Technical documents
PIRLS 2001 User Guide
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Date 2003-01-01
Country United States
Language English
Publisher(s) International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
Description This user guide includes background information about the design, implementation, and reporting of the PIRLS 2001 assessment in addition to information specific to the data files contained in the international database. Chapters 1-3 describe the design of the PIRLS reading test and background questionnaires. Chapters 4-7 detail the sample design, data collection procedures, scaling, and analysis and reporting issues. Further details of the contents of Chapters 1-7 are available from the PIRLS 2001 Technical Report (Martin, Mullis, & Kennedy, 2003). Chapter 8 documents the content and format of the data files in the database, discusses the appropriate use of the files and variables, and draws attention to special considerations that arise from the complex design of the assessment. Example analyses are illustrated for the use of both SPSS and SAS statistical software in Chapters 9 and 10.
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