The subject of reading has dedicated a huge amount of educational research to itself especially in the early years of education because of the importance. The most important of these studies is the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). The study of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is an innovative program to assess children's reading ability in the fourth
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