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Results from PIRLS 2016 published
In 2016 Germany participated for the fourth time in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2016). The results from PIRLS 2016…
IFS Advisory Board Meeting 2017
The Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute, consisting of Professor Horz, Professor Solga, Professor Gogolin, Professor Husfeldt and Professor…
Professor McElvany at WDR5 Funkhausgespräch
Reading, writing, arithmetic - cultural techniques in danger? Renowned representatives of science (Prof. McElvany), politics (State Secretary Richter,…
Guest: IFS Welcomes Adjunct Professor Heidi Harju-Luukkainen from UCLA
Professor Heidi Harju-Luukkainen (UCLA, USA) gave a public lecture on The Finnish Education System and International Assessments during her stay at…
Symposium "Quality and learning effectiveness of all-day schools" on 07.12.2017
The symposium is dedicated to the main topic of "Interventions and design options in the area of subject-related offers in all-day education". This…
2nd IFS Education Dialogue - Digitalization of school education - opportunities and challenges
The topic of "Digitalization in school education - opportunities and challenges" was controversially discussed by representatives from educational…
Extension of the project Developing Potentials – Empowering Schools till September 2019
The Stiftung Mercator agreed with an extension of the joint project Developing Potentials – Empowering Schools till the end of September 2019.
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Teacher training center from Shanghai visits IFS
On July 19, the IFS welcomed Ms. Hua from the teacher training center in Shanghai, China. In joint discussions, points of overlap and prospects for…
Appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Decade of Literacy and Basic Education
Professor McElvany was appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Decade of Literacy and Basic Education. At the end of June, a…
Guest lecture by Prof. Liliana Garces from the University of Austin, Texas
Professor Liliana Garces visited the IFS to give a guest lecture as part of this year's lecture series. In addition to the lecture on the topic…
Presented results of scientific monitoring of the trial phase of "Community School"
At the beginning of May the team of the scientific evaluation of the trial phase of "Learning Longer Together" in North Rhine-Westphalia led by…
Early English Education at Primary school less effective than expected
In cooperation between the English Didactics of the Ruhr-University Bochum (Dr. Nils Jaekel und Prof. Markus Ritter) and the IFS within the project…
