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International activities at the IFS

The connection to the international scientific community is of great strategic importance for the IFS.  Thus, the IFS is anchored in top national and international research. Furthermore, scientists regularly publish their research results in English-language journals or present them at international conferences. In addition, the institute regularly hosts visiting scholars; on the one hand, staff members spend research stays abroad, and on the other hand, guest lecturers from abroad come to the institute for research stays, project exchanges or guest lectures. Finally, the area of teaching at the institute is also characterized by its international orientation, as there are, for example, teaching concepts for the implementation of intercultural education in teacher training.

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3rd NRC Meeting in Riga, Latvia, for PIRLS 2026

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From June 3–7, 2024, NRCs from over 50 participating countries met in Riga, Latvia, to prepare for the "PIRLS 2026" reading literacy study.

From June 3 to 7, 2024, experts from over 50 countries met in Riga to further concretize the implementation of the PIRLS 2026 reading literacy study. 

The meeting was hosted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and the TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center at Boston College, which had invited around 120 National Research Coordinators (NRC). PD Dr. Ramona Lorenz took part for Germany in her role as operational project manager.

One focus of the meeting was the detailed design of the reading texts, which around 400,000 fourth graders worldwide will answer during the survey period planned for 2026. Further implementation details were also presented and discussed, for example the planned digital administration of the questionnaires, which plays an important role in the collection of background characteristics.

The aim of the study is to compare the reading skills of pupils worldwide at the end of fourth grade. PIRLS 2026 is funded by Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) and Ständigen Konferenz der Kultusminister der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (KMK) for the survey planned in Germany.

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