Dr Thomas Kellaghan (1933-2017): An Appreciation
Tom Kellaghan, founding Director of the Educational Research Centre, has died aged 83 years on March 10 after a short illness. Born in Mullingar, he lived in Tralee for several years before returning to Mullingar to complete his secondary schooling. He spent time as a seminarian in the African Society…
Evaluation of DEIS: The latest in a series of reports concerning the evaluation of DEIS has been released.
The current report describes the results of testing in reading and maths among 17,000 second, third, fifth and sixth class students in 118 urban DEIS schools in 2016. Data on these students’ attitudes to school and school work are also described. The findings indicate that achievement in reading and…
ERC - Minister Bruton joins the DOTS
On March 10th, Minister Richard Bruton, launched the new Drumcondra Online Testing System (DOTS) and a suite of standardised “Drumcondra” tests for post-primary schools. The DOTS is a cloud-based, fully integrated, secure system for the delivery of standardised tests to Irish students.
In parallel…
ERC - Impact of DEIS on Class Size (Primary) Report
The ERC has been conducting an independent evaluation of the DEIS programme in primary and post-primary schools since 2007. As well as assessing the programme’s effects on participants in a range of areas including student outcomes, much of the evaluation effort has been aimed at monitoring implementation…
ERC - PISA 2015 results launched
The science, mathematics and reading literacy results from PISA 2015 were launched by the Department of Education and Skills, on December 6th.
The major domain for this cycle of PISA was Science. Reading literacy and Mathematics were minor domains. PISA 2015 marks the first time PISA was administered…
Welcome
We are delighted to announce that the Educational Research Centre has been established as a statutory body under Section 54 of the Education Act, 1998. As the Centre enters this exciting new era, we look forward to continuing our collaboration with students, teachers, parents and other national and international educational agencies. To reflect this new chapter, our website has recently been re-designed.
The Educational Research Centre was established on the campus of St Patrick’s College, Dublin in January, 1966.
The setting up of the Centre was a means of widening the scope of, and making for greater continuity in, research efforts in Ireland.
The Centre works at all levels of the education system, from pre-school to third level.
