Laboratory of International Assessment Studies

Dr Brenda Tay-Lim is a Programme Specialist at the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, with extensive experience working on educational assessments. Brenda is also a member of the Expert Advisory Group of the Laboratory of International Assessments Studies.  We asked Brenda about [...]

An international symposium hosted by the Education Governance and Policy program of REDI, in collaboration with the Laboratory of International Assessment Studies Over the last two decades, international large-scale assessments (ILSAs) such as PISA and TIMSS have been exerting considerable influence on [...]

Dr Camilla Addey, Teachers College, Columbia University The development of International Large-Scale Assessments (ILSAs) over the last ten years illustrates a growing culture of trust in internationally comparative performance data - going from philosophical doubt and reluctance to compare learning outcomes [...]