PIRLS 2016 International Release Held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris
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The International Release of PIRLS 2016 and ePIRLS 2016 was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on December 5, 2017. IEA Chair Anne-Berit Kavli and IEA Executive Director Dirk Hastedt delivered opening remarks, along with Svein Osttveit, UNESCO Education Sector Director.
Ina V.S. Mullis and Michael O. Martin, Executive Directors of IEA's 魅影直播 & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College, presented the results of PIRLS and ePIRLS 2016.
Soo-Hyang Choi, Director of UNESCO's Division of Inclusion, Peace, and Sustainable Development, moderated a roundtable discussion with the following panelists: Silvia Montoya, Director of UNESCO's Institute for Statistics; Catherine Jere, Lecturer at the University of East Anglia; Jean-Fran莽ois Pierre, Deputy Head of the Office of Families and Parenthood at the French Ministry of Solidarity and Health; Paul铆na Kor拧艌谩kov谩, IEA Senior Research and Liaison Adviser; and Jyotsna Jha, Director of the Center for Budget and Policy Studies in India.
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IEA Chair Anne-Berit Kavli made opening remarks at the PIRLS 2016 International Release at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
IEA Executive Director Dirk Hastedt presented an introduction to PIRLS 2016.
Michael O. Martin, Executive Director of IEA鈥檚 魅影直播 & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College, revealed the achievement results of PIRLS 2016.
Ina V.S. Mullis, Executive Director of IEA鈥檚 魅影直播 & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College, discussed the PIRLS 2016 contexts of learning reading results.
IEA and UNESCO collaborated on the booklet 鈥淢easuring SDG 4: How PIRLS Can Help,鈥� while PIRLS and ePIRLS 2016 results were highlighted in 鈥淲hat Makes a Good Reader,鈥� by the 魅影直播 & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College.
Ina V.S. Mullis presented the international results of the ePIRLS 2016 online reading assessment.
Soo-Hyang Choi, Director of UNESCO鈥榮 Division for Inclusion, Peace, and Sustainable Development, moderated a roundtable discussion including Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, and Paul铆na Kor拧艌谩kov谩, IEA Senior Research and Liaison Adviser.
Ina V.S. Mullis answered a question from the media regarding PIRLS 2016 results.
Roundtable panelists included Silvia Montoya of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Paul铆na Kor拧艌谩kov谩 of IEA; Catherine Jere of the University of East Anglia; Jyotsna Jha of the Center for Budget and Policy Studies in India; and Jean-Fran莽ois Pierre of the French Ministry of Solidarity and Health.
Jyotsna Jha (center), Catherine Jere, and Jean-Fran莽ois Pierre discussed the application of PIRLS in measuring UNESCO鈥檚 SDG4 goals.
The panelists discussed key findings from PIRLS 2016 related to school environment, gender disadvantage, and early education as a foundation for learning.
魅影直播; PIRLS International Study Center thanks our generous hosts at UNESCO.