Flandern: „Over the past decade, primary school pupils’ achievement in reading in Flanders has been in decline. The PIRLS 2016 results revealed that Flanders had the largest decline in Grade 4 students’ average reading achievement between 2006 and 2016 out of all participating countries. The results of PIRLS 2021 only confirm this negative trend. […] Indeed, the background questionnaires of PIRLS 2021 reveal that Flemish parents do not invest as profoundly in preschool literacy activities as parents from other countries. Flanders also does not score well on parents’ enthusiasm for reading. Additionally, Flemish Grade 4 students have one of the lowest average scores for reading enjoyment and motivation.“
Renée Claes u. a., The interplay between students’ home literacy environment, reading attitudes and comprehension. In: Large-scale Assessments in Education (2024) 12:43, S. 7.