When Comprehension Barely Occurs: Examining Low Performance in South Africa to Better Support and Monitor Reading Comprehension

Elizabeth Pretorius; Karen Roux

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Examining Low Performance in South Africa to Better Support and Monitor Reading Comprehension

于Tracking Changes in South African Reading Literacy Achievement

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Elizabeth Pretorius

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Page Range:: 88–120

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004687011_005

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Abstract

Large-scale reading comprehension assessments provide useful information, not only about what successful reading performance can look like at a certain age or grade level, but also information about the range of comprehension performance across different educational contexts. PIRLS identifies four reading comprehension benchmarks, namely Advanced, High, Intermediate and Low. Because only 4% of Grade 4 children who participate in PIRLS internationally perform below the Low International Benchmark (LIB), the need to examine this small group in more detail has not previously arisen. However, in some developing countries that participate in PIRLS, the number of learners who perform below the LIB are the norm rather than the exception. We argue that this trend creates a need in the PIRLS reporting framework, where a more nuanced analysis of performance below the LIB is called for. Using Grade 4 2016 PIRLS Literacy data from South Africa, we categorise learners who fall below the LIB into three groups. This provides a more detailed view of struggling comprehenders at different points on a developmental cline. A more detailed analysis of comprehension failure is useful for two reasons. Firstly, it allows for a more nuanced and differentiated pedagogic response as to where and how to improve reading comprehension. Secondly, it allows for a more sensitive monitoring system as to where and how to detect more subtle shifts in reading comprehension that are not readily detectable at or above the LIB.

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Tracking Changes in South African Reading Literacy Achievement

A Developing Context Perspective

ISBN:: 9789004687011

出版社:: Brill

印刷出版日期:: 28 Aug 2023

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Chapter 5 When Comprehension Barely Occurs

Examining Low Performance in South Africa to Better Support and Monitor Reading Comprehension

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