IEA Standing Committee
24–25 February 2012
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
IEA Technical Executive Group
14 April 2012
Vancouver, Canada
8th TIMSS & PIRLS 2011 NRC
24–29 June 2012
Singapore
4th ICILS 2013 NRC
10–14 September 2012
Geneva, Switzerland
IEA Technical Executive Group
5 October 2012
Phuket, Thailand
IEA Standing Committee
6–7 October 2012
Phuket, Thailand
53rd IEA General Assembly
8–11 October 2012
Phuket, Thailand
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.