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.

Education at a Glance 2022: OECD Indicators is the OECD's guide to education in OECD countries and partner economies in 2022. It gives an overview of provision and outcomes of education across the globe, and it deals especially with tertiary education while also taking into account effects of COVID-19 pandemic.

IEA has recently published three Compass: Briefs in Education that use TIMSS 2019 and ICILS Teacher Panel data, as well as address the role of curriculum in ILSAs.

Student engagement is an important aspect to consider in the context of PISA because performance in such low-stakes assessments reflects not just students’ skill but also their will. This report has been designed to assess student learning outcomes under authentic and low-stakes conditions.

At the IEA General Assembly, IEA Insider 2022 has been published. Highlights from IEA studies, national and international projects, services, publications, organizational changes, and more are included in this insider

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.

Release of PIRLS 2021 International Report has been postponed. International Study Center at Boston College is going to spend an additional time doing necessary analysis so that they can release an integrated report with both paper and digital international results and data in 2023.

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.