Category: Publications

Research Articles Article Title Journal / Source Authors Date Links Report highlights need for targeted supports in maths and science   InTouch, 227, 43   Aidan Clerkin, Gráinne McHugh, Sylvia Denner & Vasiliki Pitsia January 2026 Download Article

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, & SylviaRead more…

Reports Project Report Title Authors Date Links PIRLS 2021 PIRLS 2021: Exploring the contexts for reading of primary school pupils in Ireland Vasiliki Pitsia, Sarah McAteer, Gráinne McHugh, and Emer Delaney December 2024 Report Infographics & Appendices TIMSS 2023 TIMSS 2023: Insights into mathematics and science achievement in Ireland Gráinne McHugh, Sylvia Denner, Aidan Clerkin,Read more…

Reports Delaney, E., McAteer, S., Delaney, M., McHugh, G., & O’Neill, B. (2023). PIRLS 2021: Reading results for Ireland. Dublin: Educational Research Centre. [DOWNLOAD] [DOWNLOAD INFOGRAPHIC SUMMARY] Denner, S. (2023). PISA Testing, Spring vs Autumn 2018: A Feasibility Study. Dublin: Educational Research Centre. [DOWNLOAD] Donohue, B., Perkins, R., Millar, D., Walsh, T., & Delaney, M.,Read more…

Articles Clerkin, A., Jeffers, G. & Choi, SD. (2022). Wellbeing in Personal Development: Lessons from National School-Based Programmes in Ireland and South Korea. In: McLellan, R., Faucher, C. & Simovska, V. (eds) Wellbeing and Schooling. Transdisciplinary Perspectives in Educational Research. Vol. 4 (pp.155-172). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95205-1_10 [DOWNLOAD] Department of Education, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment,Read more…

Articles Duggan, A., Karakolidis, A., Kiniry, J., & Shiel, G. (2021). Investigating educational inequality using national assessment data: The early years of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy. InTouch, 200, 56–57. [LINK] Gilleece, L. & Delaney, E. (2021). Using data from national and international large-scale assessments in the monitoring and evaluation of DEIS. Leadership+, 119,Read more…

Articles Clerkin, A. (2020). A three-wave longitudinal assessment of socioemotional development in a year-long school-based ‘gap year’. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90 (1), 109-129. [Link to PDF] Department of Education and Skills, National Council for Curriculum and ‎Assessment, Clerkin, A., & Perkins, R. (2020). Ireland. In Kelly, D.L., Centurino, V.A.S., Martin, M.O., & Mullis, I.V.S.Read more…

Articles Clerkin, A. (2019). What do we know about Transition Year? Looking to the future. (Senior Cycle Review discussion paper). Dublin: ERC and NCCA.[Download] Kavanagh, L. (2019). ​​​​​​Academic self-concept formation: testing the internal/external frame of reference model, big-fish-little-pond model, and an integrated model at the end of primary school. European Journal of Psychology of Education.[Link to PDF] Kavanagh,Read more…

Articles Clerkin, A. (2018). Can Ireland’s experience with Transition Year provide lessons for other countries?‎ TY Update (Summer 2018). Clerkin, A. (2018). Filling in the gaps: A theoretical grounding for an education programme for adolescent socioemotional and vocational development in Ireland. Review of Education, 6, 146-179. [link to PDF] Clerkin, A. (2018). Context and Implications DocumentRead more…

Articles 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 AssociationRead more…