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Centre for Evaluation & Assessment (CEA) (Reports)
Recent Submissions
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Roux, Karen; Van Staden, Surette; Tshele, Mishack; Department of Basic Education
(Department of Basic Education, 2023)
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) assesses reading comprehension and
monitors trends and indicators of growth in reading literacy at five-year intervals. This project falls under
the auspices ...
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Howie, Sarah J.; Combrinck, Celeste; Roux, Karen; Tshele, Mishack; Mokoena, Gabriel; McLeod Palane, Nelladee
(Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), 2017)
How well do South African Grade 4 learners read when compared internationally and locally in the 11 official languages? Can Grade 4 learners read for meaning by the end of their scholastic year? These are but some of the ...
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Howie, Sarah J.; Combrinck, Celeste; Tshele, Mishack; Roux, Karen; McLeod Palane, Nelladee; Mokoena, Gabriel
(Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), 2017)
The Grade 5 reading literacy achievement of learners who wrote in Afrikaans, English and isiZulu are reported in the PIRLS 2016 highlights report. The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is a worldwide ...
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Howie, Sarah J.; Combrinck, Celeste; Roux, Karen; Tshele, Mishack; Mtsatse, Nangamso; McLeod Palane, Nelladee; Mokoena, Gabriel
(Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), 2017)
The difference between reading on-line and reading on paper for Grade 5 learners in
Gauteng was explored in a multiple case study when South Africa participated in ePIRLS
2016. The Progress in International Reading ...
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Howie, Sarah J.; Van Staden, Surette; Tshele, Mishack; Dowse, Cilla; Zimmerman, Lisa
(Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), 2012)
After participation in PIRLS 2006, South Africa participated in once again in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2011). In PIRLS 2011, the South African study assessed a Grade 5 population in an ...
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Howie, Sarah J.; Venter, Elsie; Van Staden, Surette; Zimmerman, Lisa; Long, Caroline; Du Toit, Cecilia Magdalena; Scherman, Vanessa; Archer, Elizabeth; Nel, Cilla; Botha, Monica; M Consulting CC
(Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA), 2007)
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is an international comparative survey of reading literacy of Grade 4 (9 year-old) learners. The study was established to provide countries with information about ...
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Zimmerman, Lisa; Howie, Sarah J.
(Unisa Press, 2016-12)
Two cycles of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
were completed in South Africa in 2006 and 2011. In this article, we investigate
the qualities of high-performing reading literacy schools for ...
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Van Staden, Surette
(AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-02-11)
Die prestasies van Suid-Afrikaanse leerders in internasionaal vergelykende studies bly
voortdurend swak, wat vrae laat ontstaan oor die kwaliteit van onderwys wat aan Suid-
Afrikaanse kinders gebied word in die verskillende ...
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Combrinck, Celeste; Van Staden, Surette; Roux, Karen
(AOSIS OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-14)
This study draws on the preProgress in International Reading Literacy Study (prePIRLS) 2011
data. It aims to illustrate the effect of early home literacy activities and the early introduction
of reading skills and ...
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Van Staden, Surette; Bosker, Roel
(EASA, 2014-08)
This study aims to identify factors that predict reading literacy achievement among Grade 4 learners in South Africa by
utilising aspects of Carroll’s model of school learning. The study draws on the preProgress in ...
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Van Staden, Surette; Howie, Sarah J.
(Routledge, 2012-01)
This paper reports on the South African results of a study to identify and explain relationships
between some major factors associated with successful reading at Grade 5. With 11 official
languages, educational policy ...