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 Association for Research on Adolescence (summer newsletter).
Eivers, E. (2017). Joining the DOTS for student assessment. ETBI, Summer 2017, 14-17.
Eivers, E. & Gilleece, L. (2017). PIRLS 2016. Reading achievement of Fourth Class pupils. Leadership+ 102, p.28.
Books/Monographs/Reports
Clerkin, A., Perkins, R. & Chubb, E. (2017). Inside the primary classroom: What happens in Fourth Class? Dublin: Educational Research Centre. DOWNLOAD
Eivers, E. (2017). Ireland. In Mullis, I. V. S., Martin, M. O., Goh, S., & Prendergast, C. (Eds.). (2017). PIRLS 2016 Encyclopedia: Education Policy and Curriculum in Reading.
Eivers, E. & Chubb, E. (2017). Shaping schools: What TIMSS tells us about education systems. ERC Research Series (1). Dublin, Educational Research Centre DOWNLOAD
Eivers, E. Gilleece, L. & Delaney, E. (2017). Reading achievement in PIRLS 2016: Initial report for Ireland. Dublin, Educational Research Centre DOWNLOAD
Kavanagh, L., Weir, S., & Moran, E. (2017). The evaluation of DEIS: Monitoring achievement and attitudes among urban primary school pupils from 2007 to 2016. Report to the Department of Education and Skills. Dublin: Educational Research Centre. DOWNLOAD
Kelleher, C., & Weir, S. (2017). The impact of DEIS on class size in urban primary schools in 2014/15 with comparative data from 2010. Report to the Department of Education and Skills. Dublin: Educational Research Centre. DOWNLOAD
Murchan, D., & Shiel, G. (2017). Understanding and applying assessment in education. London: Sage. LINK
O’Reilly, M., Dooley, T., Oldham, E., & Shiel, G. (2017). Mathematics education in Ireland. In G. Kaiser (Ed.), Proceedings of the 13th international congress on mathematical education (ICME-13). Cham, Switzerland: Springer DOWNLOAD
Shiel, G. (2017). Can the outcomes of PISA 2015 contribute to evidence-based decision making in mathematics education? In T. Dooley, & g. Gueudet, (Eds.). Proceedings of the Tenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME10, February 1-5, 2017) (pp. 68-77). Dublin: DCU Institute of Education and European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. Access at: LINK
Shiel, G., & Kelleher, C. (2017). An evaluation of the impact of Project Maths on the performance of students in junior cycle mathematics. Dublin: Educational Research Centre (on behalf of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment). DOWNLOAD
Weir, S., Kavanagh, L., Kelleher, C. & Moran, E. (2017). Addressing educational disadvantage. A review of evidence from the international literature and of strategy in Ireland: An update since 2005. Dublin: Educational Research Centre. DOWNLOAD
