Month: December 2023

The ERC is pleased to have launched a new report – Ireland’s 2021 National Assessments of Mathematics and English Reading: Exploring the home backgrounds, classrooms and schools of pupils in Urban DEIS schools. The report draws on data from the pupil, teacher and school questionnaires from NAMER ’21 and profiles the homes, classrooms, and schools of participating pupils in Urban DEIS schools. The report can be downloaded here and an infographic summary is available here.

The ERC’s Irish Journal of Education is delighted to publish the Special Issue “Teachers as Researchers: A Cross-Border Collaboration on the Island of Ireland” featuring a selection of open-access, high-quality, practitioner-led research articles from SCoTENS projects. The articles in this Special Issue, covering a variety of topic areas and methodologies, with some focusing on the presentation of empirical findings and others taking a more reflective approach, offer insights for readers across the island of Ireland, and beyond. The Special Issue is available at erc.exsite.ie/IJE/special-issues/

The ERC is pleased to release the national results for PISA 2022, with information on the achievements of 15-year olds in Ireland. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an initiative of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The study assesses the knowledge and skills of students in three cognitive domains (mathematics, reading and science), and gathers information on teaching, learning and well-being through background questionnaires.

PISA began in 2000 and generally takes place every three years. Ireland has participated in PISA since the beginning. PISA 2022 assessments were administered in 81 countries, comprising 37 OECD countries and 44 partner countries (26 EU countries participated). Over 690,000 15-and 16 year-olds students were randomly selected to participate in the 81 countries.

The national report for Ireland can be downloaded here.