IEA INSIDER 2025
ICCS 2027: Strong Participation, Exciting Developments, and Steady Progress
BY ANDRÉS SANDOVAL-HERNÁNDEZ, MARIA MAGDALENA ISAC, JAN-PHILIPP WAGNER, & FRANCISCO GATICA
ICCS 2027 ADVANCES WITH STRONG PARTICIPATION ICCS 2027 is progressing with strong international engagement. To date, 25 education systems are expected to participate. Participation is especially robust across Europe, and we are working closely with additional education systems in other regions to achieve broader global representation, particularly as the participation window is set to close at the end of September 2025. FROM PILOTING TO FIELD TRIAL: ADVANCING QUESTIONNAIRE AND TEST DEVELOPMENT A major focus over recent months has been the revision of the student, teacher, and school questionnaires, alongside the continued development of cognitive items for the civic knowledge test. A significant milestone was reached with the ICCS 2027 Pilot Study, which ran successfully in nine education systems (Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Germany, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, and Slovenia) between February and March 2025. This piloting involved 31 schools, 56 classes, and 1,256 respondents. We would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone involved in the participating education systems for their committed engagement!
Piloting activities covered five modules and combined qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluate new item content, response formats, and digital delivery. Special attention was given to new content in the questionnaires and to ensuring clarity and cultural relevance across diverse contexts. The input received has been invaluable in guiding revisions and improving the quality and accessibility of the study instruments. The pilot also trialed innovative cognitive item formats, such as drag-and-drop and concept map items. These showed promising functionality and student engagement. These new formats, along with improvements to the questionnaires, are now being refined for use in the Field Trial. PAC MEETING PROVIDES STRATEGIC DIRECTION In June 2025, members of the ICCS Project Advisory Committee (PAC) met for two productive days of discussion and review. Their feedback helped to sharpen the conceptual direction of the study and strengthen the alignment of instruments with the revised ICCS 2027 framework. The PAC’s expert input continues to ensure the study remains relevant, robust, and responsive to evolving educational and societal contexts.
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