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| Property | Content |
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| locale | en_US |
| type | website |
| title | Home - Educational Research Centre |
| url | https://www.erc.ie/ |
| site_name | Educational Research Centre |
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| 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
- [H1] Backed by 60 years of research, we are Ireland’s leading supplier of standardised tests and assessment supports in Ireland.
- [H2] Our mission is to enhance learning outcomes for all students by conducting high-quality research and by developing effective assessment tools that will support better learning and inform policy.
- [H2] What's New
- [H2] Research Areas
- [H2] Recent Publications
- [H2] About the ERC
- [H2] The ERC publishes a periodic newsletter, eolas ón ERC, to keep stakeholders updated on research publications, ongoing projects in schools and standardised testing.
- [H3] NAMER
- [H3] ERC Tests
- [H3] Data analysis
- [H4] ERC report examines students’ attitudes towards mathematics and their experiences of the mathematics classroom
- [H4] Gairm ar Chomhairliúchán: Ábhar Trialach Luathlitearthachta agus Luathuimhearthachta – Gaeilge
- [H4] PODCAST: Standardised Testing in Irish Education
- [H4] National Assessments of Mathematics and English Reading
- [H4] Test Development
- [H4] PISA
- [H4] PIRLS
- [H4] TIMSS
- [H4] Data analysis
- [H4] Mathematics in context: students’ attitudes towards mathematics and their experiences of the mathematics classroom in PISA 2022
- [H4] The well-being of Irish adolescents: Evidence from PISA 2022
- [H4] The home learning environment of students in Ireland: New findings from TIMSS 2023
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| Skip to content | Internal | Passing Juice |
| About | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Strategic Plan | Internal | Passing Juice |
| ERC Board | Internal | Passing Juice |
| ERC Management | Internal | Passing Juice |
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| Research at the ERC | Internal | Passing Juice |
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| TIMSS | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Other Research Areas | External | Passing Juice |
| SET Allocation Modelling | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Transition Year Survey | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Publications | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Archive (pre 2020) | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Data | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Data Protection, GDPR & AIE | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Data Sharing | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Open Data | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Irish Journal of Education | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Volumes of the IJE | Internal | Passing Juice |
| ERC Drumcondra Tests | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Information for Schools | Internal | Passing Juice |
| Using DOTS | Internal | Passing Juice |
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