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Do changes in instructional time, professional development and age explain changes in reading comprehension at the country level? An exploration of PIRLS 2006 and 2016

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  Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.26907/esd14.2.02
  Volume Number: 14 | Issue Number: 2 | Pages: 10 - 31
  Published: June 2019
  Article Keyword(s): age, Grade 4, instructional time, PIRLS 2006, PIRLS 2016, professional development, reading comprehension
  Article Author(s) - listed alphabetically: Bellens Kim, Tielemans Kelly, Van Damme Jan, Wim Van den Noortgate
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Several international large-scale assessments in education take place every 3 to 5 years. PIRLS (the
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) takes place every 5 years. If data from only one
moment are considered, it is difficult to explain differences in achievement between countries. But
we can also consider data from two (or more) years and focus on changes over time within each
of the participating countries. Following countries over a certain period in such a longitudinal approach
facilitates causal inferences on the effects of characteristics of educational systems.
In this study, we investigate the effects of instructional time for language and reading and of amount
of professional development of teachers on reading comprehension in Grade 4. We also study the
effect of changes in the average age of students. By accounting for the effects of age and schooling
we come to a slightly different ranking of countries in PIRLS. We use a difference-in-difference approach
with correlation matrices. One of our conclusions is that professional development of teachers
has an effect on the achievement level of students.

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competence competence approach creativity critical thinking didactics e-learning education educational process educational standard educational technology evaluation feedback future teachers higher education identification identity inclusive education lifelong learning model multicultural education pedagogy personality problem-based learning professional competence professional development professional orientation quality quality of education reading comprehension reflection self-assessment self-development strategy structure students subjectivity teacher teacher education teachers teacher training technology training uncertainty university upbringing

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Agzam A. Valeev Albina R. Drozdikova-Zaripova Alena Hašková Andreja Istenic Starcic Andreja Istenič Anna I. Akhmetzyanova Anna Kobtseva Aydar M. Kalimullin Aydar Minimansurovich Kalimullin Branka Radulović Colin Latchem Elena Ibragimova Elina B. Khobotova Evsyukova E.A. Fatemeh Khonamri Gasangusein I. Ibragimov Hai-Yan Nie Ian Menter Idiyatov I.E. Ilshat R. Gafurov Inna V. Krotova Kadriya Shakirova Liliana Shakirova Lira V. Artishcheva Mahmoud Azizi Martina Pavlikova Milausha V. Gabdulkhakova Milica Krivokapic Mourat Tchoshanov Natalya N. Kalatskaya Nick Rushby Olga F. Shikhova Olga G. Smolyaninova Olga K. Evdokimova Roza A. Valeeva Rushby N.J Valerian F. Gabdulсhakov Valerian Faritovich Gabdulchakov Veronika B. Veretennikova Violeta Rosanda Vsevolod V. Andreev Yu Cheng Shen Yulia Yu. Vlasova Yuri A. Shikhov Zdenka Gadušová

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