Large Scale Assessments

The DIPF participates in conceptualising and assessing national and international school achievement studies, i.e. Large Scale Assessments. These international comparisons of school achievement combine two focal areas of research: school instruction quality  and competence modelling and competence diagnostics.

Thematic and methodological synergies can be gained from assessing student competencies, school and instructional learning environments as well as the correlations of their effects.

By systematically preparing the concepts, procedures, instruments and findings from educational monitoring and from evaluation or intervention studies, the DIPF can provide governance  and action knowledge for educational policymakers, but also for quality development in schools.

Current projects

• National Report on Education
• NEPS / National Educational Panel Study
• PIAAC - Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
• PISA 2012 und PISA 2015/ Programme for International Student Assessment
• Centre for international comparative assessments of education

Completed projects

• DESI / Assessment of Student Achievements in German and English as a Foreign Language
• European Bank of Anchor Items for Foreign Language Skills
• PERLE / Personality and Learning Development of Primary School Children PISA 2009 / Programme for International Student Assessment 2009
• In depth comparison of school systems of selected states participating in PISA