Reading Proficiency Coverage Rates for Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and Caribbean data on the coverage rate for children achieving reading proficiency at Level 3, a key opportunity metric for the Human Opportunities Index (HOI). The dataset is produced by the LAC Equity Lab at the World Bank. The specific temporal coverage and data volume are not provided.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between the reading proficiency coverage rate and other country-level development indicators.
• Track changes in the coverage rate over time to assess the impact of educational policies.
• Compare reading proficiency coverage rates across different countries within the Latin America and Caribbean region.
• Use the coverage rate as a circumstance variable in studies of inequality of opportunity.

Strengths

• Produced by the authoritative LAC Equity Lab at the World Bank.
• Focuses on a standardized metric (Human Opportunities Index coverage rate) for cross-country comparison.

Limitations

• The exact number of observations (countries/years) is unknown.
• The dataset does not account for inequality of access between different circumstance groups, as noted in its description.

Provenance

Source

LAC Equity Lab at the World Bank.

Collection Method

Calculated as the childhood access rate for the specific opportunity (reading proficiency Level 3) used in the Human Opportunities Index.

Geography

Latin America and the Caribbean region.