A Few Takeaways from Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) on the Reading Ability of Students Across Europe and Central Asia after COVID-19 (English)

This note analyzes the newly released results of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2021. The note focuses on Europe and Central Asia Region as a region that hosts most of PIRLS participating counties. The region is composed by a diverse set of countries spanning from low-income to high-income countries. PIRLS 2021 provides the first international assessment that provides information on student learning outcomes before the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and after it. The note provides analysis and policy implications of the new information on student learning outcomes.