In the context of COVID-19, IEA and UNESCO have launched a study, in partnership with the European Commission (EC), which draws a more comprehensive picture of the pandemic’s impact on global education: Responses to Educational Disruption Survey (REDS).
The 2022 cycle of OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) will assess mathematical literacy as the major domain, reading literacy, scientific literacy, and creative thinking as minor domains, and financial literacy as an optional domain. Data collection for the 2022 cycle is underway with participants from more than 80 OECD member and partner countries. We have recently published the Fact Sheet and Framework pages of this study.
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) measures adults’ proficiency in key cognitive and workplace areas, i.e., literacy, numeracy, and problem solving. PIAAC 2nd Cycle is taking place from 2018-2024 with the participation of over 30 countries and economies. The first round of data collection will take place in 2022-2023, and the results will be published in 2024. We have recently published the Fact Sheet and Framework pages.
ERCE 2019 is a long-term research project focused on the evaluation of learning outcomes among students in Latin America and the Caribbean. Curricular analysis sets forward the visions and trends that precede the COVID-19 pandemic and UNESCO inputs for new perspectives on what children are expected to learn, challenges, and priorities that curricula should take on, especially after the pandemic.
PISA YAFS surveyed 2016 students from the U.S. PISA 2012 sample using an online test.