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French school children ranked worst at reading in Europe
TheLocal.fr ^ | 5 December 2017 12:06 CET+01:00 | Evie Burrows-Taylor

Posted on 12/05/2017 10:15:40 AM PST by Olog-hai

French school children aged 9 to 10 have been ranked the worst in Europe for their reading skills, marking a steady decline in levels since 2001, a new study has revealed. It’s not good news for French schools.

The study by PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study), which has been carried out every five years since 2001, ranks the reading skills of school children aged 9 to 10 in 50 countries.

Thousands of French school pupils took part in the study in the spring of 2016, answering a series of comprehension questions on literary and informative texts.

And the results weren’t good news, with the country coming last in Europe and 34th overall on a list that saw Russia claim the top spot, followed by Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland and Finland.

France received a total of 511 points in the survey, which was led by the IEA, a Dutch consulting firm specializing in comparative studies of international school systems.

This score puts French children 25 points below the average for children participating in other European Union countries (544 points).

By comparison, Russia received 581 points; and England, which was ranked tenth, received 559 points. …

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: europeanunion; eussr; france; reading; worst
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And last year in a different study, France ranked worst in math on the continent.
1 posted on 12/05/2017 10:15:40 AM PST by Olog-hai
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I think they need to define “French.”


2 posted on 12/05/2017 10:16:38 AM PST by PGR88
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Many an 80 iq immigrant will bring down the average. Just like here


3 posted on 12/05/2017 10:17:14 AM PST by Stand W (My Name is Tucker Carlson and I am going to destroy you.)
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Were the scores broken down by arrondissement?
4 posted on 12/05/2017 10:17:57 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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French Muslim school children in France ranked worst at reading in Europe

Fixed it.

5 posted on 12/05/2017 10:18:56 AM PST by Gamecock (The greatest threat to humanity is not "out there" but "in here" in the recesses of the soul. TK)
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French Muslim school children in France ranked worst at reading in Europe

Fixed it.

6 posted on 12/05/2017 10:19:14 AM PST by Gamecock (The greatest threat to humanity is not "out there" but "in here" in the recesses of the soul. TK)
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I thought the worst reading was in Greece.

For their students, it would be all greek to them

[hit and run, before I get bloodied, out of here!]


7 posted on 12/05/2017 10:19:32 AM PST by C210N (It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
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Who needs math & reading skills when you are marching towards the 13th Century?


8 posted on 12/05/2017 10:21:42 AM PST by Gman
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“I think they need to define “French.””

Bingo! The kind that come with names like Muhammad and Abdul.


9 posted on 12/05/2017 10:22:52 AM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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“I think they need to define “French.””

Exactly, what percentage of school children in France are now Arabs and Africans?


10 posted on 12/05/2017 10:23:47 AM PST by aquila48 (Bookmark)
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To: Olog-hai

so the Fwench are worst than us in the ejucashon’ sector? I thought the Euroweenies keep bragging they were better than us?


11 posted on 12/05/2017 10:25:59 AM PST by beergarden
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Well no wonder. They have to read that funny language where you pronounce only half the letters.


12 posted on 12/05/2017 10:26:25 AM PST by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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Not coincidentally, France also has the largest population of African and Middle Eastern people of any European country. These are the ones dragging down average scores in France, just like allegedly low school performance in the US is mostly due to black and Hispanic schools.


13 posted on 12/05/2017 10:29:44 AM PST by ek_hornbeck
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I thought I would be clever by pointing out all of the Muslims they imported. Looks like I was not the only one thinking about that.


14 posted on 12/05/2017 10:34:42 AM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democratt)
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To: Olog-hai

Frere Youseff, Dormez vouz?


15 posted on 12/05/2017 10:35:47 AM PST by z3n
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But they are number 1 in Jihad.


16 posted on 12/05/2017 10:37:03 AM PST by MCRD
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Didn’t Michael Moore produce one of his crap documentary films about what country the United States should invade next and featured France and it’s schooling? Seems like a fail on his part, lol.


17 posted on 12/05/2017 10:41:25 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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A picture from the article shows two white children.


18 posted on 12/05/2017 10:42:58 AM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democratt)
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Well that stinks


19 posted on 12/05/2017 10:45:48 AM PST by al baby (May the Forceps be with you Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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+1


20 posted on 12/05/2017 10:47:07 AM PST by kosciusko51
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