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Date: 29th January 2026 Location: Gresham Hotel, Dublin 1 The ERC@60 Conference brought together researchers, educators, policymakers and partners to celebrate six decades of educational research and impact. Marking the 60th anniversary of the Educational Research Centre, the event provided a platform to reflect on the Centre’s contributions to education research, assessment and policy inRead more…

The ERC’s Research Strategy outlines the priorities for ERC research and test development work for the 2026 to 2030 period, as well as the research goals we will aim to achieve and the programme of work that the Centre will undertake in these years. The Research Strategy 2026-2030 can be found here: English version and Irish version.

The ERC is pleased to announce the publication of a new report: The well-being of Irish adolescents: Evidence from PISA 2022. This latest report provides a profile of the well-being of 15-year-old students in Ireland using data from PISA 2022. The wide-ranging set of findings considers: · Subjective well-being · Social and emotional lives ·Read more…

The ERC is pleased to announce the publication of a new report: The home learning environment of students in Ireland: New findings from TIMSS 2023. This report, drawing on TIMSS 2023 data at primary and post-primary levels, focuses on: students’ demographic backgrounds home resources for learning, including access to digital resources parental education and occupation earlyRead more…

An chéad triail dá leithéid – Triail litearthachta iarbhunscoile as Gaeilge 6ú Deireadh Fómhair 2025 I gcomhar leis an tSeirbhís Náisiúnta Síceolaíochta Oideachais ón Roinn Oideachais agus Óige, sheol an Foras Taighde ar Oideachas an triail ‘Measúnú agus Diagnóisic Litearthachta don Iarbhunscoil – Gaeilge’ (MDLI-G) inniu. Is triail litearthachta Gaeilge í an triail seo, anRead more…

The ERC is delighted to announce the publication of a new report: Continuity and change in Ireland’s schools and classrooms: TIMSS 2011-2023. This report, drawing on TIMSS data at both primary and post-primary levels, focuses on: the composition, resources, and environments of schools teaching and assessment practices in mathematics and science lessons challenges and opportunities shapingRead more…

The State Examinations Commission has entered into a Data Sharing Agreement with the Educational Research Centre for DEIS and SET Allocation on 13 August 2025. Data Sharing Agreement available here: SECERC 025/240718 The State Examinations Commission has entered into a Data Sharing Agreement with the Educational Research Centre for Studies, Test Development, and Independent ResearchRead more…

The ERC publishes today a new report: Trends in students’ school experiences and attitudes towards mathematics and science: TIMSS 2015-2023. This report presents data for Fourth Class (primary) and Second Year (post-primary) students from the TIMSS 2023 study, and identifies trends relative to previous cycles of TIMSS in 2015 and 2019). It examines the experiencesRead more…

The Future of Education Report 2025 launched today, highlighting how by fostering collaboration, Ireland is building towards an inclusive and accessible lifelong-learning system. ERC researchers Rachel Cunningham, Conall Ó Duibhir and Brenda Donohue have written an article on the role and future of standardised testing in the Irish education system. Visit https://www.businessnews.ie/education/how-standardised-testing-shapes-future-education/ to read moreRead more…

The ERC publishes today a new report: Environmental knowledge and attitudes in Ireland’s schools: Findings from TIMSS 2023. This report presents new findings for Ireland on two aspects of students’ environmental awareness that were captured for the first time in the 2023 cycle of TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study): environmental knowledge –Read more…