The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2024 will be held online March 6-7 and in Miami, Florida, USA, March 10-14, 2024.

The Special Interest Group (SIG) Large Cross-National Studies in Education of the Comparative International Education Society Conference (CIES) has released the second podcast in the new series about International Large-Scale Assessment (ILSAs). In their interview with Dr Leslie Rutkowski about misusing ILSA data for Eugenics ideas, they address, for example, the following questions: Which "pieces of research" are these? How do we care about it?

The present report follows up the OECD’s Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), collecting expert judgements in 2021 on whether computers can solve the PIAAC literacy and numeracy tests. It is part of a comprehensive ongoing project on assessing AI. This study shows that AI could potentially outperform large shares of the population on PIAAC – 90% of adults in literacy and 57-88% of adults in numeracy.

The Special Interest Group (SIG) Large Cross-National Studies in Education of the Comparative International Education Society Conference (CIES) has come up with a new podcast series. Each month, the SIG is going to publish a 15-minute podcast about ILSAs focusing on three main themes: secondary analysis, methodologies, and policies, based on interviews with experts in the respective fields. Major goals are enhancing the visibility of ILSAs and sharing research outcomes.

Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF) is an association of scientists who are active in research and teaching in the field of empirical educational research. Their 11th conference will take place on March 28-20, 2024 (main conference) and on March 21, 2024 (junior conference) at the University of Potsdam. The submission will close on October 15, 2023.