ICCS 2009 Fact Sheet
- Long title
- Frequency of data collection
- Schedule
- Objectives
- Research questions
- Assessment domain(s)
- Study framework (summary)
- Participating entities
- Target population and sample (summary)
- Data collection techniques and instruments (summary)
- Initiator
- Study director(s)
- Study website(s)
- Contact
- Related studies
- Sources
- 2006–2008: framework and instrument development
- 2008 (October–November): field trial
- 2008 (October–December): main data collection, Southern Hemisphere
- 2009 (March–April): main data collection, Northern Hemisphere
- 2010 (June): release of preliminary international report
- 2010 (November): release of extended international and European regional reports
- 2011 (April): release of international database and Latin American regional report
- ICCS 2009 studied the ways in which countries prepare their young people to undertake their roles as adult citizens.
- It investigated student knowledge and understanding of civics and citizenship as well as students’ perceptions, attitudes, and activities related to civics and citizenship.
- It also examined the differences among countries in these outcomes and their relationship to students’ individual characteristics and family backgrounds, to teaching practices, and to school and broader community contexts.
- What variations exist among countries and within countries in student civic and citizenship knowledge?
- What changes in civic knowledge have occurred since the last international assessment in 1999?
- What is the extent of interest and disposition to engage in public and political life among adolescents, and which factors within or across countries are related to this engagement?
- What are adolescents’ perceptions of the impact of threats to civil society and of responses to these threats on the future development of that society?
- What aspects of schools and education systems are related to knowledge about, and attitudes to, civics and citizenship?
- What aspects of student personal and social background, such as gender, socioeconomic background, and language background, are related to student knowledge about and attitudes toward civic and citizenship education?
- Civic education
The civics and citizenship framework
Content domains
- Civic society and systems
- Civic principles
- Civic participation
- Civic identities
Affective-behavioral domains
- Value beliefs
- Attitudes
- Behavioral intentions
- Behaviors
Cognitive domains
- Knowing
- Reasoning and analyzing
Contextual framework
The wider community
- Educational system
- History and culture
Schools and classrooms
- Characteristics
- Composition
- Resources
Home and peers
- Family background
- Social group
Student characteristics
Numbers
38 countries, more than 140,000 Grade 8 (or equivalent) students in more than 5,300 schools.
Student data were augmented by data from more than 62,000 teachers in the same schools and by contextual data collected from school principals and the study’s national research centers.
List
Austria, Belgium (Flemish), Bulgaria, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Thailand.
Target population
- Students enrolled in the eighth grade, provided that the average age of students in this grade was 13.5 years or above at the time of the assessment; if the average age of students in Grade 8 was less than 13.5 years, Grade 9 was defined as the target population.
- Teachers of the target grade
Sample
Approximately 140,000 students and 62,000 teachers from more than 5,300 schools in 38 countries.
Instruments administered to students
- International student cognitive test
- 40-minute international student questionnaire
- Set of regional instruments
Instruments administered to teachers and schools
- 30-minute teacher questionnaire
- 30-minute school questionnaire
Instrument completed by national research coordinators (NRCs)
- National context questionnaire
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ICCS 2009 International Study Center
ICCS International Study Centre at the Australian Council for Educational Research
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Australia
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E-mail: iccs@acer.edu.au