South African Grade 4 reading performance declined between 2016 and 2021, with 81% of Grade 4 learners unable to read for meaning in any language in 2021¶
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q2 i? SA's PIRLS score dropped from 320 in 2016 (78%) to 288 (81%) in 2021, approximately 0,8 years of learning, with 81% of Grade 4 learners unable to read for meaning in any language. → Gobodwana 2024
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Gobodwana 2024¶
Gobodwana, A., 2024, 'The strategies in teaching isiXhosa semantics in Foundation Phase: A systematic review', Reading & Writing 15(1), a493. https://doi.org/10.4102/rw.v15i1.493
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The article's Figure 1 summary of SA PIRLS 2021 results reports the score decline and states that "81% of Grade 4 learners cannot read for meaning in any language", meaning only 19% could read for meaning in 2021.
"SA’s PIRLS score dropped from 320 in 2016 (78%) to 288 (81%), approximately 0,8 years of learning."
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