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The Emerging Researchers’ Conference (ERC), organized by the European Educational Research Association Emerging (EERA) Researchers’ Group, is held prior to ECER 2026 conference from 17 to 18 August 2026 in Tampere University, Finland.

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17 Aug 2026 - 21 Aug 2026

AEAA 2026

The 42nd Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA), organized by the Association for Educational Assessment in Africa and hosted by the National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA), will take place on 17–21 August in Arusha, Tanzania.

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18 Aug 2026 - 21 Aug 2026

ECER 2026

The European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), organized by the European Educational Research Association (EERA) in collaboration with Tampere University, will take place from 17 to 21 August 2026 in Tampere, Finland. The theme of the conference will be “Knowing and Acting: The changing conditions and potentials of education research”.

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08 Sep 2026 - 10 Sep 2026

BERA 2026

The British Educational Research Association (BERA) annual conference 2026, will take place from 8 to 10 September 2026 at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

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23 Sep 2026 - 26 Sep 2026

SREE 2026

The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) Conference 2026 will be held from 23 to 26 September in Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The theme of the conference will be “Education and Public Trust: Evidence and Accountability in a Changing Landscape”.

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News

We publish news and recent information for all ILSA studies, including but not limited to launches of reports, releases of data, calls for proposals, and also academic internships and job opportunities. An overview of all news can be found here, news related to a particular ILSA study can be found on the sub-pages of the respective study.

PIRLS 2021 Insights Series

The PIRLS 2021 Insights series explores selected research topics using both reading achievement and contextual data from the study.

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TIMSS 2023 Insights Series

The TIMSS 2023 Insights series investigates selected educational research topics by drawing on mathematics and science achievement results as well as contextual data.

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PISA in Focus

The PISA in Focus series offers monthly, policy-oriented notes that delve into key topics from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).

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TALIS 2024 Teacher Knowledge Survey Results Released

The OECD has released results from the Teacher Knowledge Survey (TKS), a new optional module of TALIS 2024, providing internationally comparable insights into teachers’ general pedagogical knowledge, based on data from representative samples of teachers in eight countries.

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SEA-PLM 2024: Writing Results and Data Now Available

The SEA-PLM 2024 Regional Snapshot on writing presents results on students’ writing skills across all participating countries and accompanies the release of the 2024 writing datasets, complementing earlier results on reading, mathematics, and contextual data.

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IELS 2025: More Pages Available

The thematic pages for IELS 2025 are now available on the ILSA Gateway. They provide comprehensive information on the study, including its research questions, participants, study design, assessment framework, instruments, implementation, and results. IELS examines foundational learning domains among five-year-old children attending early childhood education settings, including emergent literacy and numeracy, executive function, and social-emotional skills.

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LaNA 2023 Linking Study: All Pages Now Available

Access the LaNA 2023 Linking Study on the Gateway

All thematic pages for the LaNA 2023 Linking Study are now accessible on the ILSA Gateway. They provide comprehensive information on the assessment framework, instruments, implementation, international database, and key findings from this study, which was conducted for the first time as an off-cycle administration in six countries. LaNA measures foundational reading and mathematics skills at the end of primary school and is based on the frameworks of TIMSS and PIRLS. Designed for contexts where implementing TIMSS or PIRLS may be challenging, LaNA provides internationally comparable data while addressing the specific needs of participating education systems.

TALIS Starting Strong 2024: Results Pages Available

View TALIS Starting Strong 2024 Results

The results for TALIS Starting Strong 2024 are available on the ILSA Gateway. They include detailed findings from the survey of early childhood education and care (ECEC) staff and leaders across 17 countries and subnational entities. The findings provide insights into working practices, job satisfaction and stress, professional development, as well as challenges and the organization of the ECEC sector.

TALIS 2024: Core and TKS Results Added

Access TALIS 2024 results on the Gateway

The additional thematic pages for TALIS 2024 are now accessible on the ILSA Gateway. They include detailed results from both TALIS core survey and TALIS Teacher Knowledge Survey (TKS). In TALIS 2024 core, more than 280,000 educators from 55 education systems shared insights into their initial education and professional development, teaching and assessment practices, use of artificial intelligence and many other aspects. The TALIS TKS results provide the first internationally comparable data on teachers' general pedagogical knowledge, based on responses from more than 20,000 lower secondary teachers across eight education systems.

SEA-PLM 2024: Additional Pages Now Available