Latest additions

The ILSA Gateway now presents the first pages of SEA-PLM 2024. They offer essential insights into the study, including its objectives, participating countries, design, and especially its assessment framework. SEA-PLM is a regional assessment and capacity-building initiative launched by SEAMEO and UNICEF to strengthen learning outcomes across Southeast Asia. It assesses students' reading, writing, and mathematical literacy, and collects comprehensive contextual data on students, parents, teachers, schools, and—for the first time—the education system.

All thematic pages for TIMSS 2023 are now accessible on the ILSA Gateway. In addition to the assessment framework, the pages now include detailed information on the study design, international results, data, and related materials. TIMSS 2023 measured the mathematics and science achievement of fourth and eighth grade students across the 64 participating countries. It also collected contextual data from students, parents, teachers, and schools to provide a comprehensive view of educational environments. The results highlight global trends in STEM education and offer policy-relevant insights.

Discover PISA–VET on the ILSA Gateway now! As the first ILSA to focus on vocational education and training (VET), the study provides essential insights into the skills of students in vocational pathways and the outcomes of initial VET programs across countries.
These new Gateway pages introduce the purpose and structure of the study, provide an overview of the assessment framework, and highlight key organizational features.

All thematic pages for PIAAC Cycle 2 are now accessible on the ILSA Gateway. These pages provide comprehensive information on the assessment framework, instruments, implementation, international database, and key findings. The study measures the literacy, numeracy, and adaptive problem-solving skills of adults aged 16 to 65, providing vital data on how these skills vary across and within countries. The results also shed light on the relationship between adult competencies and background variables such as education, employment, gender, age, and digital skills use.

The ILSA Gateway now features the first pages of PISA 2025. These pages present key information about the study, including its objectives, participating countries, design, assessment framework, and organizational structure. Additional information will be added as it becomes available.

The first pages of the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2024 are now available on the ILSA Gateway. They provide important background information on the study, which investigates teachers’ and school leaders’ working conditions, teaching practices, and professional development across 60 education systems. Additional information, including details on the study framework, will be made available after the official release in summer 2025.

All thematic pages for the International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2023 are now available on the Gateway. They offer detailed information on the study design, data, and results related to students’ computer and information literacy (CIL) and computational thinking (CT). ICILS 2023 explores variations in student CIL and CT within and across countries, reports relationships between the two constructs and students’ background characteristics, their use of ICT and other aspects. It also examines the broader contexts—such as national curriculum, policy, and resourcing contexts—in which digital skills are developed.

Explore the first pages of the "Estudio Regional Comparativo y Explicativo" (ERCE) 2025 on the ILSA Gateway. This regional study for Latin America and the Caribbean promotes informed debate on education, examines learning outcomes and their influencing factors, and informs policy decisions by assessing student performance in reading, writing, mathematics, natural sciences, and socio-emotional skills. These initial pages introduce the new cycle, provide detailed insights into the assessment frameworks, and present relevant aspects of the organizational structure.

For the first time, explore the Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (LaNA) on the ILSA Gateway! As a new international off-cycle study, LaNA provides valuable insights into student learning at the end of primary school, offering reliable data to support evidence-based education policies.
The first pages outline essential general information about the study, detailed insights into the assessment framework, and an overview of the organizational structure.

We have updated our ILSA in Education Page to include new studies and cycles as well as developments in ILSAs in the past years.