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IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · Jul 31

Ground-breaking new insights are ahead, so save the date in your calendar and watch this space for registration for the livestreamed event coming soon.

Read more about TIMSS Longitudinal here: www.iea.nl/studies/iea/...

#TIMSSL

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IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 1d

🗨️ IEA is pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Gabriel Nagy to the professorship supported by IEA at the University of Hamburg, furthering the long-standing collaboration between IEA & the university.

More information about the Professorship can be found in the new IEA Insider: https://ow.ly/8lli50X8qsn

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 1d

📘Dr. Andrea Netten updates the 2025 IEA General Assembly about the latest strides IEA has taken in connecting research to educators.

IEA's GA is very supportive of efforts to bring research from IEA assessments to teachers in classrooms.

Check out our teacher materials: https://ow.ly/o7vK50X8lcX

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 1d

❗Read 'Gauging the Instructional Sensitivity of Ordinal Assessment Items', 'An Examination on the Performance of Sampling Variance Estimators in ILSAs' and all the other completed IEA R&D projects here: www.iea.nl/about/opport...

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday, after IEA's Dr. Lauren Musu gave an update on R&D progress, Dr. Anne Traynor from Purdue University and Mr. Umut Atasever from the Sampling Unit at IEA Hamburg, presented on their respective Call 3 research outcomes.

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 1d

Since then, the GA have been treated to an annual update on the progress of the fund, with presentations on selected completed outcomes. We are proud to support innovation and research in our field.

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 1d

🧪 In 2021, the IEA R&D (Research and Development) Fund was created to improve the science and methodology of IEA studies, ensuring that they remain at the forefront of international large-scale assessments in education.

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 2d

💫 In this morning's closed session at GA 2025, GAs learned about the upcoming TIMSS 2023 Longitudinal report & results.

It's a ground-breaking study: the first student-level longitudinal extension of TIMSS.

Join the livestreamed release of the results on 9 December: https://ow.ly/TuQz50X7Bni

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 2d

🖥️ Day 1 of the 2025 IEA General Assembly closes with highly anticipated updates on ICILS 2028 from study director Julian Fraillon.

GAs heard about the progress of the current cycle with particular emphasis on upcoming on AI & digital wellbeing.

Read more on ICILS 2028: https://ow.ly/XusH50X78OS

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 3d

It's been a big year for the newest addition to IEA's suite of studies: LaNA.

The new LaNA study director, Dana Kelly, introduced the GA to LaNA, shared results from the LaNA 2023 Linking Study & gave insight into what the future has in store.

Read more about LaNA here: https://ow.ly/Fvhi50X71sN

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 3d

🏛️Next up, updates on the progress of ICCS 2027 from the international study center at the University of Bath.

This included hearing about the exciting new grade 11 module & the great work being done on instrument development.

More about ICCS 2027: https://ow.ly/4Q6h50X6WrM

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 3d

Read more about PIRLS 2026: www.iea.nl/studies/iea/...

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 3d

📚 All the GA attentively taking in updates from our colleagues at Boston College on the current cycles of PIRLS.

PIRLS 2026 involves 58 education systems. Now a fully digital assessment, this year saw the successful completion of the vital field test, including over 54,000 students!

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IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 3d

🔖 The 2025 edition of the IEA Insider is out now!

Titled “Education Matters”, this year's edition reflects our ongoing commitment to improving teaching & learning through high-quality data that supports informed decision-making at every level.

Read it here: https://ow.ly/92Ge50X6V3h

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you to our hosts at the National Institute of Educational Assessment of Spain. We're looking forward to a productive week!

Read more here: www.iea.nl/news-events/...

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 3d

The annual GA is truly a gathering of major international importance for education policy and practice, and it is always inspiring to connect with members so dedicated to evaluating, understanding, and improving outcomes for children in our world’s schools.

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 3d

📍We're here in Madrid, and the 66th IEA General Assembly (GA) is off and running! Our GA allows members to actively take part in the overall governance and development of IEA.

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 6d

💡TIMSS 2023 Longitudinal is coming in just over 2 months' time!

Re-assessing the same students from TIMSS 2023 the following school year, it's the first student-level longitudinal extension of TIMSS.

📅 Register to join the live stream & receive the report on 9 December: https://ow.ly/7iE850X68fn

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 7d

🕰️ As a little Throwback Thursday in advance of next week, here's a look back 20 years to the 2005 GA meeting in Helsinki, Finland, and last year's 2024 GA in Tbilisi, Georgia!

Read more about the IEA General Assembly here: www.iea.nl/news-events/ga

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 7d

Country representatives are invited to share their experiences with the dissemination of IEA study results and the impact of these results on national educational reforms.

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 7d

📅 Next week, the 66th IEA General Assembly (GA) meeting will take place in Madrid.

The GA meets annually to review IEA projects and receive reports on various aspects of the association, including current and future studies, membership, and finance.

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 8d

#ILSAGateway is an open-access platform that provides researchers with a single entry point to major international large-scale assessments in education conducted by the following organizations: CONFEMEN, the IDB, IEA, OECD, SACMEQ, SEAMEO/UNICEF, UNESCO and the World Bank➡️ ilsa-gateway.org

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 9d

For some great examples, check out our Teacher Snippets here and the wide variety of adaptions we have for each Snippet: www.iea.nl/publications...

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 9d

From Georgian to Spanish, from New Zealand to Latvia - each adaptation is a bridge between the international and the national, all working towards the common goal of improving education outcomes.

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 9d

❣️ Translated and adapted materials help make the international versions of our publications more accessible and more relevant in different countries and regions.

IEA Education @ieaeducation.bsky.social · 9d

30 September is International Translation Day - it warrants a shout-out for all the translated materials we have available on IEA research, and all our wonderful partners who have collaborated with us to bring IEA research to wider audiences 👏

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