IEA Standing Committee
8–9 February 2013
Hamburg, Germany
9th TIMSS & PIRLS 2011 NRC /
1st TIMSS 2015 & 1st PIRLS 2016 NRC
10–15 February 2013
Hamburg, Germany
IEA Technical Executive Group
25 April 2013
Boston, United States
2nd TIMSS & TIMSS Advanced 2015 NRC
12–17 May 2013
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1st ICCS 2016 NRC
3–7 June 2013
Hamburg, Germany
5th IEA International Research Conference
26–28 June 2013
Singapore
1st ECES NRC
29–31 July 2013
Hamburg, Germany
2nd PIRLS 2016 NRC
15–20 September 2013
Location TBD
IEA Technical Executive Group
4 October 2013
Lisbon, Portugal
IEA Standing Committee
5–6 October 2013
Lisbon, Portugal
54th IEA General Assembly
7–10 October 2013
Lisbon, Portugal
Meetings
IEA meetings are mostly closed to the public, and serve as a guide to the current activities of the association. They include managerial meetings, meetings of the study coordinators and international advisory groups, and training workshops. In addition, every two or three years IEA organizes a research conference at which papers based on data from IEA studies are presented.
General Assembly and IEA committee meetings
- Plenary session of the 50th IEA General Assembly.
Each year, the IEA General Assembly meets to discuss all new and ongoing IEA business. The participants of the General Assembly meeting include member representatives, international study coordinators, experts in education and survey research, and observers (policy-makers, funders, and representatives of other organizations interested in the association's work).
The Standing Committee meets twice a year, once prior to the General Assembly meeting and once mid-year, in order to monitor and control the implementation of decisions passed by the General Assembly, alongside the IEA project and administrative units. The Technical Executive Group meets twice a year with the international study coordinators and other study officers to discuss the technical aspects of study implementation. Occasionally, additional experts are invited to give their advice on such issues.
Study meetings
The major meeting of any IEA study is the national research coordinator (NRC) meeting, which takes place once or twice each year for the duration of the project. At the study meetings, the NRCs discuss the assessment instruments and procedures, receive training, and participate in individual consultations on the specifics of study implementation in their countries. Trainings for the national data managers are separately organized.
The international study centers also meet regularly with their advisory committees to coordinate study procedures, review progress, and prepare recommendations.
Training workshops
The IEA DPC, either directly or through IERI, organizes training seminars in specialized topics related to IEA studies or large-scale assessments in general. These are attended by IEA members and other interested parties as necessity arises. Most often the trainings address working with the international databases from IEA studies.