Category: Publications

Books & Reports Project Report/Book Title Authors Date Links Assessment Teaching and assessing writing in the primary school: A whole school approach, Routledge UK Eithne Kennedy & Gerry Shiel February 2025 Link NAMER The National Assessments of Mathematics and English Reading and 2021: Context Report​ Joanne Kiniry, Anastasios Karakolidis, Sharon M. Nelis, Alice Duggan, RachelRead more…

Reports Project Report Title Authors Date Links PIRLS 2021 PIRLS 2021: Exploring the contexts for reading of primary school pupils in Ireland Vasiliki Pitsia, Sarah McAteer, Gráinne McHugh, and Emer Delaney December 2024 Report Infographics & Appendices TIMSS 2023 TIMSS 2023: Insights into mathematics and science achievement in Ireland Gráinne McHugh, Sylvia Denner, Aidan Clerkin,Read more…

Reports Delaney, E., McAteer, S., Delaney, M., McHugh, G., & O’Neill, B. (2023). PIRLS 2021: Reading results for Ireland. Dublin: Educational Research Centre. [DOWNLOAD] [DOWNLOAD INFOGRAPHIC SUMMARY] Denner, S. (2023). PISA Testing, Spring vs Autumn 2018: A Feasibility Study. Dublin: Educational Research Centre. [DOWNLOAD] Donohue, B., Perkins, R., Millar, D., Walsh, T., & Delaney, M.,Read more…

Articles Clerkin, A., Jeffers, G. & Choi, SD. (2022). Wellbeing in Personal Development: Lessons from National School-Based Programmes in Ireland and South Korea. In: McLellan, R., Faucher, C. & Simovska, V. (eds) Wellbeing and Schooling. Transdisciplinary Perspectives in Educational Research. Vol. 4 (pp.155-172). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95205-1_10 [DOWNLOAD] Department of Education, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment,Read more…

Articles Duggan, A., Karakolidis, A., Kiniry, J., & Shiel, G. (2021). Investigating educational inequality using national assessment data: The early years of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy. InTouch, 200, 56–57. [LINK] Gilleece, L. & Delaney, E. (2021). Using data from national and international large-scale assessments in the monitoring and evaluation of DEIS. Leadership+, 119,Read more…

Articles Clerkin, A. (2020). A three-wave longitudinal assessment of socioemotional development in a year-long school-based ‘gap year’. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90 (1), 109-129. [Link to PDF] Department of Education and Skills, National Council for Curriculum and ‎Assessment, Clerkin, A., & Perkins, R. (2020). Ireland. In Kelly, D.L., Centurino, V.A.S., Martin, M.O., & Mullis, I.V.S.Read more…

Articles Clerkin, A. (2019). What do we know about Transition Year? Looking to the future. (Senior Cycle Review discussion paper). Dublin: ERC and NCCA.[Download] Kavanagh, L. (2019). ​​​​​​Academic self-concept formation: testing the internal/external frame of reference model, big-fish-little-pond model, and an integrated model at the end of primary school. European Journal of Psychology of Education.[Link to PDF] Kavanagh,Read more…

Articles Clerkin, A. (2018). Can Ireland’s experience with Transition Year provide lessons for other countries?‎ TY Update (Summer 2018). Clerkin, A. (2018). Filling in the gaps: A theoretical grounding for an education programme for adolescent socioemotional and vocational development in Ireland. Review of Education, 6, 146-179. [link to PDF] Clerkin, A. (2018). Context and Implications DocumentRead more…

Articles Clerkin, A. (2017). Using international assessments to inform education policy in Ireland. ‎In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the ‎UNESCO Regional Center for Educational Planning. Dubai: Regional Center for Educational Planning. [Link to PDF] Clerkin, A. (2017). Can schools facilitate positive psychosocial development in adolescence?  Assessing Ireland’s “Transition Year” programme. European AssociationRead more…

Articles Clerkin, A. (2016). Homework and study behaviours before the Leaving Certificate among Transition Year participants and non-participants. Irish Journal of Education, 41, 5-23. Cunningham, R., Close, S., & Shiel, G. (2016). Assessment of Project Maths at Junior Certificate level: An exploratory study using the PISA and TIMSS assessment frameworks. Irish Journal of Education, 41,Read more…