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The purposes of the study are to know the students' perceptions of reading objective among students, which have above and below the average score of the OECD countries, and to know the Indonesian’student achievement among other countries. The study uses a quantitative method as a research method, and to determine the position of Indonesian students, it used M-Plus and Winsteps program. PISA 2018 data which has been released are used for research development purposes. The data were taken from questionnaires who were answered by 15th -year-students of 80 countries. The data consist of 612.004 international students and 12.098 Indonesian students. The results of the Analysis of Variance states that there was a significant difference (P <0,000) of students' perceptions of reading objectives among students in countries which have above and below the average score of the OECD. While based on the analysis of Rasch Model, the reliability of Indonesian students was 0.36 while international data 0.51. Although they both are low, the reliability of Indonesian students is lower. The study concludes that the most students’ states both (upper and below group) "Disagree" if the purpose of reading is only to fulfill obligations, merely hobbies, and spend time. Afterwards, students state "Agree" to discuss books with others and obtain the required information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]