Publications

Are students ready to take on environmental challenges? The current PISA publication discusses this question. The report uses data from PISA 2006 and 2015 assessments when Science was the main assessment domain and from PISA 2018 Global Competence framework. The publication gives insight into the level of awareness of students regarding environmental issues and their willingness to take action. Finally, it discusses how education can better prepare students to face environmental problems.

The OECD recently published a new book in the OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training series.

PISA 2022 will assess creative thinking for the first time. Recently, a new related publication, Thinking outside the box: The PISA 2022 Creative Thinking Assessment, was published.

This publication provides a profile of reading and language instruction in participating countries and benchmark systems based on their answers to the PIRLS 2021 curriculum questionnaire and their dedicated encyclopedia chapters. Given the relevance of the topic, the encyclopedia also describes the educational challenges and innovations arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

TIMSS 2023 Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors Framework serves as a supplement to the TIMSS 2023 Context Questionnaire Framework and provides information regarding environmental attitudes and behaviors of students.

The Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) 2019 is a study developed by UNICEF EAPRO and UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti which informs policymakers and practitioners about the support that children and adolescents need, to excel now and in the future. Quantitative analysis of the SEA-PLM 2019 database, along with investigation of policy implications and promising practices, are presented in this publication.

PISA in Focus is a series of monthly education policy-oriented notes designed to describe a PISA topic in a concise, user-friendly way. The July issue points to the concerns about unbalanced access to new types of digital resources between socio-economically advantaged and disadvantaged students.

This publication provides a first set of analyses of data collected from over 30 systems through an OECD survey. It describes the mechanisms used to facilitate research use in education policy and practice, and the levels of engagement of various actors in these processes.

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.

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.