⏳It's nearly here - last few days to register for the livestream of the launch of the results of TIMSS 2023 Longitudinal! 📅 9 December 2025 🕙 10am Central European Time 📝 Register for the livestream : shorturl.at/oqykH

🔦 The European Commission released their 2025 Education and Training Monitor last month. It's a really interesting annual report with the latest facts and figures about EU education systems, and the tracked progress towards reaching 7 EU-level targets for education and training.

📢 TIMSS 2023 Longitudinal - the first-ever student-level longitudinal extension of TIMSS. 📅 9 December 2025 🕙 10am Central European Time 📝 Register for the livestream : https://shorturl.at/oqykH

🌍 NRCs from around the world are meeting this week in Ljubljana to shape the #ICILS2028 instruments and key operational procedures. We’re grateful to all participating countries for their active engagement and incredibly valuable feedback: your insights are helping drive the study forward! 📊

🖱️ DigiEduHack is an EU initiative that aims to foster grassroots innovation, collaboration and creativity, and to drive positive change, in digital education. digieduhack.com

💡 TIMSS 2023 was released in December last year. We published new teacher snippets based on the data to highlight insights that would be practically useful to teachers. The focus was on findings that suggest a positive attitude toward learning mathematics positively impacts achievement.

📣 This week, representatives from all nine participating jurisdictions met with ACER, IEA, and the OECD for the final NPM meeting of the second IELS cycle, in which we discussed the experiences and outcomes of the Main Study, and received presentations on sampling and data suppression. 🙌

🧩 Today, on World Children’s Day, we at IEA reflect on how improving education outcomes for children all around the world is, simply put, the ultimate goal of the work we do every day.

🧪 As part of our mission, IEA aims to advance research and innovation by actively promoting research projects and activities. In 2021, the IEA R&D (Research and Development) Fund was created to improve the science and methodology of IEA studies.

Coming soon! The first student-level longitudinal extension of IEA's TIMSS, TIMSS 2023 Longitudinal followed the same sample of students from 2023 to 2024. Join the launch for insights into learning gains and factors associated with academic growth: https://tinyurl.com/4msbsx4p

A special issue of the Large-scale Assessments in Education Journal is open for submissions: “From Global Comparisons to Local Insights: Linking International Large-Scale Assessments with National Administrative Data.” Deadline: 31 Dec 2025 Details here: link.springer.com/collections/...

🌍 This week in Brussels, IEA’s Paulina Korsnakova joined the European Education & Skills Summit, where key discussions focused on the vital role of education as the foundation of Europe’s future.

🌟TIMSS Longitudinal results will be released on 9 December this year! 👉 Look at the agenda and register to join the livestream for the release of the results here: https://iea.nl/news-events/events/launch-timss-2023-longitudinal-international-results

⚙️ A vital committee in the IEA ecosystem is our Technical Executive Group (TEG). TEG is consulted on all technical aspects of study implementation, from survey design and instrument construction, to sampling and statistical analysis. One of the regular TEG meetings is ongoing in Hamburg this week.

🕰️ Time flies - it doesn't feel like it, but it is one year today since the release of the ICILS 2023 international report and results!

🚨 New TIMSS Insights publication! ➡️'School climate health': the quality of the relationships among school participants, the environment that those relationships create, and the satisfaction with the schooling experience of all those involved ⬅️

This #InternationalWeekofScienceandPeace, we’re pleased to highlight the newest #TIMSSInsights: Environmental Awareness in TIMSS 2023. This publication offers a deeper look at how environmental awareness is understood and measured in an international assessment context➡️ https://ow.ly/NSnM50Xpp33

🌱 'In 1958, a small group of researchers from different educational disciplines met in Hamburg at the UNESCO Institute. They shared the germinating seed of an idea that countries should begin to learn from each other and so benefit from educational experiences and knowledge beyond their own borders'

🗣️ 'Reliable data are essential to understand and monitor students’ skills, equity, and inclusion, and to inform evidence-based decisions. IEA is proud of its long-standing collaboration with UNESCO and Member States in advancing high-quality data that inform national and global education agendas'

📢 On the International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School, we share the #CompassBrief "Cyberbullying and Student Learning". Using #TIMSS2019 data, it explores how cyberbullying negatively affects maths achievement and discusses policy approaches to prevention👉 https://ow.ly/Ityw50XnQsl

For another year, IEA is proud to sponsor #AEAEurope2025 in The Hague, The Netherlands! We’re delighted to support such an impactful and inspiring conference.🌍

📢 Call for Papers! The #IERIJournal is now inviting submissions for its upcoming special issue: “From Global Comparisons to Local Insights: Linking International Large-Scale Assessments with National Administrative Data.” 👉Learn more: https://link.springer.com/collections/cafdbdhhee

🌟TIMSS Longitudinal results will be released on 9 December this year! 👉 To join the livestream for the release of the results of this ground-breaking study on 9 December, register here: https://www.iea.nl/news-events/events/launch-timss-2023-longitudinal-international-results #TIMSSL

📸 IEA’s Juliane Hencke & Dana Kelly meeting with Abduvali Ismailov (Uzbekistan’s TIMSS and PIRLS NRC and Rector of the National Institute of Pedagogical Skills) and Sherzod Radjabov (Vice-Rector for Innovations), in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to discuss Uzbekistan & IEA’s partnership.

IEA’s Juliane Hencke and Dana Kelly are participating in the 43rd UNESCO General Conference in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. We are excited to be part of this event and to engage in dialogue about improving learning for all children and shaping the future of education to reflect a rapidly changing world. 🌍

👏 '[In 2025], the IEA Sampling Unit has been busier—and more visible—than ever. With a growing portfolio of studies, new methodological challenges, and research initiatives underway, the team has expanded both its expertise and impact.'

🗣️ 'The use of educational data should not be limited to ensuring standardization, resource allocation and control based on curricula and educational policies. Data can be used for reflecting upon the status quo, as well as being a basis for rethinking the purposes and priorities of education'

🪄 IEA Teacher Snippets are a great resource for connecting classrooms with large-scale education research. They are short-form, highlight international findings from IEA studies, and provide ideas for in-class activities.

📕➡️ IEA Research for Education: a series of in-depth, peer-reviewed thematic reports investigating critical questions concerning educational policies and educational research. They are developed by digging into the rich data that come out of IEA studies.

🔦 It is Global Media and Information Literacy Week, and this year's theme is 'Minds Over AI'. The UN explain that the theme means considering how we can ensure that 'human judgment, ethics, and critical awareness guide the use and interpretation of AI in our media landscapes'.

🗣️ Call for Papers! The Large-scale Assessments in Education journal has opened submissions for the upcoming special issue: 'From Global Comparisons to Local Insights: Linking International Large-Scale Assessments with National Administrative Data'.

🤔How do students grow in their mathematics and science knowledge and skills over the course of one school year? TIMSS Longitudinal investigates this and more! Results are coming this December, so regsister to join us live. www.iea.nl/news-events/...

Ground-breaking new insights are ahead, so save the date in your calendar and watch this space for registration for the livestreamed event coming soon. Read more about TIMSS Longitudinal here: www.iea.nl/studies/iea/... #TIMSSL

IEA data is used worldwide to inform education reforms, shape curricula, guide teacher development, and address equity. The #IEAInsider 2025 recaps five case studies that demonstrate how assessment results can drive change: online.flippingbook.com/view/5900404...

🤝 Today, IEA’s Andrea Netten and Paulína Koršňáková met in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with Magdalena Benvenuto, Director at the Ministerio de Capital Humano de la Nación. Thank you for the warm welcome and a productive meeting!

IEA’s #ResearchforEducators Volume 2, “Teaching Reading Comprehension in a Digital World”, offers educators practical, evidence-based strategies for supporting students’ reading comprehension with digital texts👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY5yMNKS3II#ResearchforEducators #GivingBackToTeachers

This week, we had the pleasure of hosting the #TIMSS2027 Data Management Expert Seminar in Hamburg! A big thank you to all participants for their valuable contributions, and for helping shape the success of TIMSS 2027! 🌍📊

"Globally, a 2022 survey of eighth graders across 22 countries found that average civics knowledge dropped since 2016, said Dirk Hastedt, executive director of IEA, which administers the periodic International Civic and Citizenship study."

🔖 Have you already checked the 2025 edition of the IEA Insider, titled “Education Matters”? Read it here➡️https://online.flippingbook.com/view/590040492/

❗🧭 Discover IEA's newest publication: 'International Gender Differences in Civic Knowledge and Attitudes: Implications and Ways Forward', from the IEA Compass: Briefs in Education series.

☀️ Wonderful colleagues, outstanding hosts, inspiring discussions, and sunny weather! A very special 66th Annual IEA General Assembly has drawn to a close. Read all about last week's activities in Madrid: https://www.iea.nl/news-events/news/66th-iea-general-assembly-meeting-roundup

🖌️ The GA's 2025 cultural exchange visit to the Prado museum was a piece of IEA history that will live in the memory for many years to come. An incredible experience!

🗨️ IEA is pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Gabriel Nagy to the professorship supported by IEA at the University of Hamburg, furthering the long-standing collaboration between IEA & the university. More information about the Professorship can be found in the new IEA Insider: https://ow.ly/8lli50X8qsn

📘Dr. Andrea Netten updates the 2025 IEA General Assembly about the latest strides IEA has taken in connecting research to educators. IEA's GA is very supportive of efforts to bring research from IEA assessments to teachers in classrooms. Check out our teacher materials: https://ow.ly/o7vK50X8lcX

🧪 In 2021, the IEA R&D (Research and Development) Fund was created to improve the science and methodology of IEA studies, ensuring that they remain at the forefront of international large-scale assessments in education.

💫 In this morning's closed session at GA 2025, GAs learned about the upcoming TIMSS 2023 Longitudinal report & results. It's a ground-breaking study: the first student-level longitudinal extension of TIMSS. Join the livestreamed release of the results on 9 December: https://ow.ly/TuQz50X7Bni

🖥️ Day 1 of the 2025 IEA General Assembly closes with highly anticipated updates on ICILS 2028 from study director Julian Fraillon. GAs heard about the progress of the current cycle with particular emphasis on upcoming on AI & digital wellbeing. Read more on ICILS 2028: https://ow.ly/XusH50X78OS

It's been a big year for the newest addition to IEA's suite of studies: LaNA. The new LaNA study director, Dana Kelly, introduced the GA to LaNA, shared results from the LaNA 2023 Linking Study & gave insight into what the future has in store. Read more about LaNA here: https://ow.ly/Fvhi50X71sN

🏛️Next up, updates on the progress of ICCS 2027 from the international study center at the University of Bath. This included hearing about the exciting new grade 11 module & the great work being done on instrument development. More about ICCS 2027: https://ow.ly/4Q6h50X6WrM

📚 All the GA attentively taking in updates from our colleagues at Boston College on the current cycles of PIRLS. PIRLS 2026 involves 58 education systems. Now a fully digital assessment, this year saw the successful completion of the vital field test, including over 54,000 students!