The 1991 IEA Reading Literacy Study assessed the reading literacy of 4th and 9th grade pupils in 31 countries and looked at performance in the narrative, expository, and documents domains.
UNESCO: II Part Analytic Section
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Among 4th graders, 60 percent of U.S. students exceeded the OECD average in the narrative and expository domains, and 70 percent in documents.