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.
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.
Results show that attitudes toward reading have declined, on average, across many countries. Fourth graders internationally are reporting that they enjoy reading less and less. IEA Teacher Snippet number two provides four strategies to inspire positive attitudes toward reading and foster confidence in reading backed by data from IEA's PIRLS (Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study).
IEA’s recent Teacher Snippet XL looks at five key principles for teaching reading comprehension as defined