PIRLS is the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study. This rigorous international survey compares the reading attainment and attitudes to reading of over 200,000 9- and 10-year-old children in 41 countries. It is the only international study to provide information on the reading habits of primary-aged children: the survey collects…

A survey of users of eight Moroccan centers for information on linguistic and teaching matters revealed patterns of reading of scholarly journals on teaching among students, fellows, teachers, and other educators. Two basic user types emerged: occasional and regular readers. Reader attitudes about journal content were also sought. (MSE)

To investigate adolescent reading habits and interests, a reading interest survey was administered to 103 male and 133 female sophomore English students from two high schools with similar socioeconomic backgrounds but different individualized reading programs. In the first school, students read and made book reports on three novels of their own…