International conference "Improving skills: Evidence from secondary analysis of international surveys"

The aim of the conference is to develop the knowledge about results from large scale international assessments such as PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) and ESLC (European Survey on Language Competences). The conference will also point to EU relevant areas where there is a need and prospect for further data development and/or areas for secondary analyses in the next years.

The conference was targeted to an audience of policy-makers as well as researchers in the field, and had more than 160 participants from many European countries.

Further information about the conference programme, keynotes, workshop presentations and summaries can be found below.

Programme [2 MB]

Conference Report: Improving Skills: Evidence from Secondary Analysis of International Surveys [5 MB]

Keynote speakers 15 November

• Jan-Eric Gustafsson (University of Gothenburg, Sweden): Using international surveys of educational achievement as a source of information for improving education [717 KB]

• Maciej Jakubowski (Ministry of National Education, Poland): Can you make the leap twice? Using evidence to further improve the Polish education [2 MB]

Workshop 1. Basic skills: Reading literacy and language competences

• Luisa Borges Araujo (European Commission, Joint Research Centre): The ESLC Survey: School-internal and External F actors in Language Learning

• Magdalena Szpotowicz (Educational Research Institute, Poland): Comparing ES LC results with national language competence measurements in Poland [851 KB]

• Astrid Roe (University of Oslo, Norway): To read or not to read – that is the question. Reading engagement and reading habits in a gender perspective. Northern Lights on PISA 2009 [2 MB]

• Arlette Delhaxhe (European Commission, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)): Patterns in national policies and the provision of support for struggling readers across Europe [884 KB]

• Alfonso Lorenzo Rodriguez (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain): Environmental exposure and use of the language in non-formal contexts improve its oral comprehension [2 MB]

Workshop 2: Basic skills: Mathematics and science skills

• Liv Sissel Grönmo (University of Oslo, Norway): Results from TIMSS advanced [5 MB]

• Yvan Clermont (Statistics Canada, Canada): Numeracy and skills in the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey: preliminary findings [2 MB]

• Timo Ehmke (Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany):Bringing together PISA, the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) and the Standard-based National Assessment (NA) in Germany [796 KB]

• Gabrielle Marie Stanco (TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center, Boston College, USA): Using TIMSS 2007 Data to Examine School Effectiveness Factors in the Czech Republic and Slovenia [582 KB]

Workshop 3. Transversal skills

• Bryony Hoskins (University of Southampton, UK): Comparing Young Peoples’ Civic Competence in Europe: Ten years on [2 MB]

• Maria Magdalena Isac (European Commission, Joint Research Centre): The Contribution of Schooling to Secondary-School Students’ Citizenship Outcomes Across Countries: Using an Educational Effectiveness Theoretical Framework to Conduct a Secondary Analysis of the International I CCS 2009 Data [666 KB]

• Angelo Paletta (University of Bologna, Italy): Improving skills through school autonomy: Evidence from ICCS international surveys [704 KB]

• Valérie Quittre (University of Liège, Belgium): Results from the 2011 European Survey of Schools on ICT in education [784 KB]

Workshop 4. Educational achievement of migrants, ethnic minorities and disadvantaged students

• Dirk Hastedt (IEA Data Processing and Research Centre, Germany): Mathematic Achievement of Immigrant Students [655 KB]

• Pavlina Hadjitheodoulou Loizidou (Cyprus Pedagocial Institute, Cyprus): Cyprus Educational Policy for the Students with Migrant Background: The impact of international studies results [671 KB]

• Massimilliano Mascherini (The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EUROFUND)): The social and economic cost of NEETs in Europe [2 MB]

• Adél Pasztor (Northumbria University, UK): Talking the Same Language: How Does Education in the Mother Tongue Affect the Pupils’ Scholastic Achievement in the Parallel School Systems? [2 MB]

Workshop 5. Teachers’ professional development, teaching methods and learning outcomes

• Stanislav Ranguelov (European Commission, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)): Effective teaching approaches: National guidelines and Practices identified in international surveys [4 MB]

• Sigrid Blömeke (Humboldt University, Germany): Assessing strengths and weaknesses of teacher knowledge in Asia, Eastern Europe and Western countries: Differential item functioning in TEDS-M [400 KB]

• Leonidas Kyriakides (University of Cyprus, Cyprus): Promoting quality of teaching: A dynamic approach to teacher professional development [836 KB]

• Andres Sandoval-Hernandez (IEA Data Processing and Research Centre, Germany): New teachers’ working experience. A cross country comparison based on data collected from the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2008 [2 MB]

Workshop 6.The effectiveness of educational policies

• Daniele Checchi (University of Milan, Italy): Educational policies in a long run perspective [451 KB]

• Zbigniew Sawiński (Educational Research Institute, Poland): Do school reforms decrease educational inequalities in Poland? A new look at the PISA data [651 KB]

• Valentina Rastelli (INVALSI, Italy): Reducing the gap? The Effects of EU funds for improving education in Southern Italy [2 MB]

Plenary Session 16 November

• Reports from parallel sessions [102 KB]