LaNA 2023 Linking Study Organization

Initiator

International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) - Dirk Hastedt, Executive Director

Responsibilities of IEA Amsterdam (the Netherlands)

  • Managing country participation
  • Overseeing translation verification of all national instrument versions (using independent external verifiers)
  • Financial administration
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Study director(s)

TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center (ISC), Boston College, Lynch School of Education and Human Development

  • Matthias von Davier, Executive Director
  • Lale Khorramdel, Research Director

Responsible for

  • Overall direction and management
  • Assessment design and instrument development
  • Human scoring training
  • Psychometric analysis
  • Reporting and publication of results

 

IEA Hamburg (Germany)

  • Oliver Neuschmidt, IEA Hamburg, Co-Lead LaNA
  • Clara Beyer, IEA Hamburg, Co-Lead LaNA

Responsibilities

  • Overall project management
  • Implementation support to participating countries
  • Sampling (in collaboration with NRCs)
  • Data collection operations
  • Data management and initial quality control of submitted data
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Institutions and their responsibilities

IEA Hamburg Sampling Unit

  • Development and approval of national sampling plans
  • School sample selection
  • Sampling weights
  • Population coverage and participation rates

 

National Research Coordinators (NRCs)

Coordinating all within-country activities: 

  • Sampling
  • Instrument preparation, translation/adaptation
  • Test administration
  • Scoring of constructed-response items
  • Data entry and verification
  • Data submission

 

Westat, Inc. (Rockville, Maryland, USA) — Sampling Referee: Jill DeMatteis

  • Independent review and adjudication of sampling procedures and results
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Contact
Responsible for the LaNA 2023 Linking Study

Oliver Neuschmidt

IEA - Hamburg

Überseering 27

22297 Hamburg

Germany

Tel.: +49 48500-705

Fax: +49 48500-501

E-mail: Oliver.Neuschmidt@iea-hamburg.de

URL: https://www.iea.nl/about/org/people/dr-oliver-neuschmidt

 

Clara Wilsher Beyer

IEA - Hamburg

Überseering 27

22297 Hamburg

Germany

Tel.: +49 48500-707

Fax: +49 48500-501

E-mail: Clara.Beyer@iea-hamburg.de

URL: https://www.iea.nl/about/org/people/clara-beyer

 

LaNA International Study Director (since 2025)

Dana Kelly

IEA Amsterdam

Keizersgracht 311

1016 EE Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Tel.: +31 20 625 3625

E-mail: dana.kelly@iea-hamburg.de 

URL: https://www.iea.nl/about/org/people/dr-dana-kelly
 

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Funding

The study was funded predominantly by IEA.

Financial support to national costs for certain countries was offered by the World Bank (Save the Children).

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Sources
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Editor(s) and author(s) of study-related gateway pages
  • Editors
    • Dana Kelly, LaNA International Study Director, IEA
    • Eugenio Gonzalez, Senior Research Director, TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College
    • Lale Khorramdel, Research Director, TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College

  • Authors
    • Oliver Neuschmidt, Co-Lead LaNA, IEA Hamburg
    • Clara Beyer, Co-Lead LaNA, IEA Hamburg
    • Sabine Tieck, Sampling Section Lead, IEA Hamburg
    • Duygu Savaşcı-Smith, Research Analyst, Sampling Expert, IEA Hamburg
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