News at the IFS

01/15/2022

New journal article in Journal of Educational Psychology published

The article examines how class-average achievement is related to students’ achievement development across one school year.

01/13/2022

Congratulations: Nele McElvany confirmed as Executive Director of the IFS

Nele McElvany was re-elected to her position as Executive Director at the IFS Board meeting on January 13.

01/05/2022

IFS Virtual Keynote Series in January

Registration for the IFS Virtual Keynote Series is now open.

12/20/2021

Thanks for engagement in December surveys

The IFS thanks everyone for engagement in ongoing and recently completed surveys.

12/10/2021

Interdisciplinary profile area FAIR starts work

Profile area FAIR brings together different disciplines to develop innovative methods of data analysis.

12/10/2021

New journal article in Diagnostica published

The article deals with the construction and calibration of a text comprehension item pool for a computer adaptive test (CAT) in elementary school.

11/23/2021

New journal article in Assessment in Education: Principles Policy & Practice published

Can children answer consistently to positively and negatively worded items?

11/10/2021

Chantal Lepper defends dissertation

Chantal Lepper successfully completes doctorate with disputation.

11/08/2021

New journal article in Educational Psychologist published

Do teachers’ perceived teaching competence and self-efficacy affect students’ academic outcomes?

11/03/2021

Results of Länderindikator 2021 published

IFS and Deutsche Telekom Foundation present first results of the study "Schule digital - der Länderindikator 2021".

10/28/2021

Completion of project EQuaL-I

The project "Evidence-based Qualification of Prospective Teachers: Effective and Adaptive Classroom Leadership in an Inclusive Classroom" has ended.

10/27/2021

Welcome to our new website!

The IFS is online in a new and modern design!