Books & Reports
| Project | Report/Book Title | Authors | Date | Links |
| PISA | The well-being of Irish adolescents: Evidence from PISA 2022 | Sharon M. Nelis, Katherine Moore & Anastasios Karakolidis | December 2025 | Link Infographic |
| TIMSS | The home learning environment of students in Ireland: New findings from TIMSS 2023 | George Piccio, Vasiliki Pitsia, Gráinne McHugh, Aidan Clerkin, & Sylvia Denner | December 2025 | Link Infographic |
| PISA | The profile of post-primary mathematics teachers in Ireland: Evidence from PISA 2022 | Anastasios Karakolidis, Andrew Keating, Brendan Duggan, Gemma Cherry & Bróna Laverty | December 2025 | Link Infographic |
| TIMSS | Continuity and change in Ireland’s primary and post-primary schools and classrooms | Vasiliki Pitsia, Gráinne McHugh, Sylvia Denner & Aidan Clerkin | September 2025 | Link |
| TIMSS | Trends in students’ school experiences and attitudes towards mathematics and science: TIMSS 2015-2023 | Sylvia Denner, Aidan Clerkin, Vasiliki Pitsia & Gráinne McHugh | July 2025 | Link |
| TIMSS | Environmental knowledge and attitudes in Ireland’s schools: Findings from TIMSS 2023 | Aidan Clerkin, George Piccio, Sylvia Denner, Vasiliki Pitsia & Gráinne McHugh | May 2025 | Link |
| 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, Rachel Cunningham, Vasiliki Pitsia and David Millar | April 2025 | Link |
Research Articles
| Article Title | Journal / Source | Authors | Date | Links |
| International Gender Differences in Civic Knowledge and Attitudes: Implications and Ways Forward | IEA Compass: Briefs in Education #28 | Aidan Clerkin, Michel Welmond & Laura Gregory | October 2025 | Download Article |
| Ireland on TIMSS and PIRLS | IEA Insider 2025 (pp. 32-33) | Gráinne McHugh, Sylvia Denner & Aidan Clerkin | October 2025 | Download Article |
| Gender differences in mathematics achievement: An examination of PISA results in a time of curricular change | In Y. Aughton, N. O’Neill, A. Twohill, & S. Gammell (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th STEM Education Research Conference. | Rachel Perkins & Gráinne McHugh | September 2025 | Download Article |
| The Early development of writing among multilingual learners: Building proficiency and agency through teacher mediation | Peabody Journal of Education, 1–12 | Gerry Shiel & Eithne Kennedy | July 2025 | Download Article |
| Exploring randomised controlled trials in education: key features and selected examples from Ireland | Irish Educational Studies | Eadaoin J. Slattery, Aidan Clerkin, Lorraine Gilleece, Deirdre Butler, Kevin Marshall & Larry V. Hedges | July 2025 | Download Article |
| Promoting participation and engagement: Ireland’s experiences across three decades of international large-scale assessments | Frontiers in Education | Emer Delaney, Aidan Clerkin, Anastasios Karakolidis, Lorraine Gilleece, & David Millar | May 2025 | Download Article |
| Reducing educational disadvantage across post-primary schools: Evidence from the first decade of the DEIS plan in Ireland | Studies in Educational Evaluation, 86 | Lorraine Gilleece, Aidan Clerkin, & Darragh Flannery | May 2025 | Download Article |
| Exploring the implications of moving the PISA testing period from Spring to Autumn: A multilevel analysis using achievement data in Ireland | Irish Journal of Education, vol. 49 | Sylvia Denner, Michael O’Leary, & Gerry Shiel | May 2025 | Download Article |
| Policy for equity in education: A critique of selected developments in 2024. In B. Mooney (Ed.), Ireland’s Education Yearbook 2024 |
Education Matters, pp. 333-335
|
Lorraine Gilleece & Sharon M. Nelis |
February 2025 | Download Article |
| Findings from a survey of principals in new DEIS schools |
Leadership+, 136, 15
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Lorraine Gilleece & Sharon M. Nelis |
February 2025 | Download Article |
| Irish pupils and the TIMSS reports. |
InTouch, 222, 29-31
|
Aidan Clerkin & Gráinne McHugh |
January 2025 | Download Article |
| How Large-scale Assessments have Informed Education Policy in Ireland | IEA Compass: Briefs in Education #26 | Aidan Clerkin & Emer Delaney |
January 2025 | Download (English) |
