PIRLS 2001 Participating Countries.
 
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  1. Argentina
  2. Belize
  3. Bulgaria
  4. Canada
  5. Colombia
  6. Cyprus
  7. Czech Republic
  8. England
  9. France
  10. Germany
  11. Greece
  12. Hong Kong, SAR
  13. Hungary
  14. Iceland
  15. Iran, Islamic Rep. of
  16. Israel
  17. Italy
  18. Kuwait
 
  1. Latvia
  2. Lithuania
  3. Macedonia, Rep. of
  4. Moldova, Rep. of
  5. Morocco
  6. Netherlands
  7. New Zealand
  8. Norway
  9. Romania
  10. Russian Federation
  11. Scotland
  12. Singapore
  13. Slovak Republic
  14. Slovenia
  15. Sweden
  16. Turkey
  17. United States
 

Argentina

Lilia Toranzos
Ministry of Education
Information and Quality Assessment Area
Paraguay 1657 2 Of. 201
Buenos Aires
ltoranzo@me.gov.ar

Belize

Rosalind Bradley
Denise Robateau
Belize Teachers' Training College
West Landivar Drive
P.O. Box 576
Belize City
rosevalpy@hotmail.com
andee@btl.net

Bulgaria

Georgi Bishkov
University of Sofia
Faculty of Primary & Pre-School Education
Sofia 1164
bishkovg@fnpp.uni-sofia.bg

Canada

www.eqao.com

Francine Jaques
Education Quality & Accountability Office (EQAO)
Suite 1200
2 Carlton Street
Toronto, ON M5B 2 M9
jaquesf@eqao.com

Louis-Philippe Gaudreault
Ministère de l'Éducation
Direction Sanction d’Études 1035
rue De La Chevrotière, 26 étage
Québec, PQ G1R5A5
louis-philippe.gaudreault@meq.gouv.qc.ca

Michael Marshall
University of British Columbia
Faculty of Education Rm 6
2125 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4
marshall@ares.ubc.ca

Colombia

www.icfes.gov.co

Martha Rocha
Claudia Saenz
Servicio Nacional de Pruebas
SNP-ICFES
Calle 17 Nr 3-40 piso 10
Bogota, DC
profj400@acuario.icfes.gov.co
csaenz@hemeroteca.icfes.gov.co

Cyprus

www.ucy.ac.cy

Mary Koutselini
University of Cyprus
Department of Education
Kallipoleos 75
P.O. Box 537
Cy 1789, Nicosia
edmaryk@ucy.ac.cy

Czech Republic

Iveta Kramplova
Institute for Information on Education
Senovazne nam. 25
PO Box 1
Prague 110 06
kramplov@uiv.cz

England

www.nfer.ac.uk

Liz Twist
National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
The Mere, Upton Park
Slough Berkshire SL1 2DQ
l.twist@nfer.ac.uk

France

www.education.gouv.fr

Marc Colmant
Ministère de l'Éducation Nationale
Mission de l'évaluation des élèves Piece C6
3-5 Boulevard Pasteur
Paris 75015
marc.colmant@education.gouv.fr

Germany

www.erzwiss.uni-hamburg.de/IGLU/home.htm

Wilfried Bos
University of Hamburg
Institute for Comparative & Multicultural Education
Sedanstrasse 19
20146 Hamburg
officebos@erzwiss.uni-hamburg.de

Greece

Georgia Kontogiannopoulou-Polydorides
Dept. of Education, University of Athens
Navarinou 13a, 3rd. Floor (Neo Chimio)
Athens 106 80
npoly@hol.gr

Hong Kong, SAR

Tse Shek-Kam
The University of Hong Kong
Runme Shaw Building, Rm. 315
Pokfulam Road
sktse@hkucc.hku.hk

Hungary

Péter Vari
Emese Felvégi
National Institute of Public Education
Centre for Evaluation Studies
Dorottya u. 8, PF 701/420
Budapest 1051
vari@ppp.ces.hu
felvegi@ppp.ces.hu

Iceland

www.namsmat.is/

Einar Gudmundsson
University of Iceland
Faculty of Social Science
Department of Psychology
Oddi, Sturlugata
101 Reykjavik
eing@hi.is

Iran, Islamic Rep. of

Abdol'azim Karimi
Ministry of Education
Institute for Educational Research
196 Keshavarz Blvd.
Tehran 14166
karimi@iernet.org

Israel

Elite Olshtain
Hebrew University
School of Education
Mount Scopus
Jerusalem 91905
elitezeev@yahoo.com

Ruth Zuzovsky
Tel Aviv University
School of Education
Center for Science & Technology Education
Ramat Aviv 69978
ruthz@post.tau.ac.il

Italy

www.cede.it
Gabriella Pavan de Gregorio
Centro Europeo dell'Educazione (CEDE)
Via Borromini
5-Villa Falconieri
00044 Frascati ROMA
gpavan@cede.it

Kuwait

Mansour Hussein
Ministry of Education
P.O. Box 7
Safat 13001
mansour@moe.edu.kw

Latvia

www.lu.lv

Ieva Johansone
University of Latvia
IEA Latvia National Research Center
Jurmalas Gatve 74/76
Rm. 202A
Riga 1083
ieva@eduinf.lu.lv

Lithuania

Aiste Mackeviciute
National Examinations Center
Ministry of Education and Science
M. Katkaus
G.44 a
aiste@nec.lt

Macedonia, Rep. of

Bojana Naceva
Pedagogical Institute of Macedonia
Ruder Boskovic St., bb
91000 Skopje
pimak@mt.net.mk

Moldova, Rep. of

Ilie Nasu
Ministry of Education & Science
University A. Russo
Str. Puschin 38
Balti 3100
nasu@bl.moldpac.md

Morocco

Abdellah Belachkar
Ministère de L’Education Nationale
Direction de l'Evaluation du Système Educatif
32 Rue Ibn Toumert
Rabat
fatihi@men.gov.ma

Netherlands

www.kun.nl/en/projecten/pirls

Mieke Van Diepen
National Center for Language Education
University of Nijmegen
Postbus 9104
6500 HE Nijmegan
M.vanDiepen@taalonderwijs.nl

New Zealand

www.minedu.govt.nz/goto/pirls

Megan Chamberlain
Ministry of Education
CER Unit-Research Division
45-47 Pipitea Street
Thorndon
Wellington
megan.chamberlain@minedu.govt.nz

Norway

www.his.no/slf

Finn Egil Tønnessen
Ragnar Gees Solheim
Center for Reading Research
Stavanger College
Box 2504, Ullandhaug
4091 Stavanger
finn-egil.tonnessen@slf.his.no
ragnar.solheim@slf.his.no

Romania

Gabriela Noveanu
Institute for Educational Sciences1/21
Evaluation and Forecasting Division
Str. Stirbei Voda 37
Bucharest 70732
cheap@softex.ro

Russian Federation

Galina Kovalyova
Center for Evaluating the Quality of Education
Institute of General Secondary Education
ul. Pogodinskaya 8
Moscow 119905
gkovalev@aha.ru

Scotland

Liz Levy
Scottish Office Education and Industry Dept.
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh E86 6QQ
liz.levy@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Singapore

www1.moe.edu.sg/reb/pirls/

Siow-Chin Ng
Research and Evaluation Section
15th Level, MOE Building
1 North Buona Vista Drive
138675
NG_Siow_Chin@moe.gov.sg

Slovak Republic

www.spu.sanet.sk

Zuzana Lukacková
SPU-National Institute for Education
Pluhova 8, P.O. Box 26
Bratislava 83000
Zuzana.Lukackova@spu.sanet.sk

Slovenia

Marjeta Doupona-Horvat
Center for IEA Studies
Educational Research Institute
Gerbiceva 62
1000 Ljubljana
marjeta.doupona@pedagoski-institut.si

Sweden

Monica Rosén
Göteborg University
Box 300 IPD
Göteborg
monica.rosen@ped.gu.se

Turkey

Yurdanur Atlioglu
Educational Research and Development Directorate (ERDD)
Gazi Mustafa Kemal Bulvani
No 109/5-6-7
Maltepe, Ankara 06570
earged@meb.gov.tr

United States

http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pirls/

Laurence Ogle
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
1990 K St. NW
Washington, DC 20006
laurence.ogle@ed.gov

 
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