The international handbook of comparative large-scale studies in education provides an overview of history, theory, aims, and methodology of international large-scale assessment (ILSA). It introduces how to analyze the ILSA data, and it describes exemplary how researchers have been using ILSA data to investigate the relationship between school climate and student outcomes. Many other aspects are covered by the handbook which concludes with an outlook to future potential of the ILSAs.
Publications
ProLiteracy is the largest member-based adult literacy and basic education nonprofit organization in the United States. The free, online journal is published three times per year to share research and best practices in adult literacy, numeracy, and English language education with practitioners, policy makers, and funders. Each issue of Adult Literacy Education includes two thought-provoking and peer-reviewed research articles written by leaders in the field. It also features other content of interest like resource reviews, opinion pieces, discussion forums, and technology solutions.
The ICCS 2022 assessment framework provides a conceptual underpinning to the measurement of antecedents, processes, and outcomes of civic and citizenship education undertaken in the third cycle of this study.
The Institute for Education Sciences (IES) has launched the Standards for Excellence in Education Research (SEER) to improve educational research. This series is accompanied by practical guides for researchers on how to implement these standards. One of these guides deals with how to achieve generalizability of impact studies in education. This webinar from May 16, 2022, is based on this publication.
Rosetta Stone is a collaborative project between the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), IEA, and the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Centre that enables countries to measure SDG 4 indicator 4.1.1
The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has launched a publication series called “Teacher Snippets”, providing teachers and other interested parties with summarized findings from IEA international large-scale assessment (ILSA) studies and other research to give back to teachers. In this text, two of these snippets (related to sense of belonging to school and to strengthening positive reading attitudes) are introduced.
PISA 2018 Insights and interpretations is one of the six volumes that presents the results of the PISA 2018 survey, the seventh round of the triennial assessment.
Education in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Findings from PISA is jointly developed by OECD and UNICEF, analyses PISA data in detail to identify the strengths, challenges, and unique features of education systems in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
IEA has recently released the first volume, titled Putting PIRLS to Use in Classrooms Across the Globe: Evidence-Based Contributions for Teaching Reading Comprehension in a Multilingual Context, in a new open access book series research for Educators to aim GivingBackToTeachers.
Education Policy Outlook 2021 for Responsiveness and Resilience in Education Policy aims to support policy makers to balance the urgent challenge of building eco-systems that adapt in the face of disruption and change (resilience), and the important challenge of navigating the ongoing evolution from industrial to post-industrial societies and economies (responsiveness).