Design Principles for Accelerating Student Learning with High-Impact Tutoring (updated June 2024)
Category: Student Learning
Instrument Overview
The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) is the only international, large-scale study of civic and citizenship education.ICCS investigates the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens in a world where contexts of democracy and civic participation continue to change. ICCS reports on students’ knowledge and understanding of concepts and issues related to civics and citizenship, as well as their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors with respect to this domain. For country enrollment, those interested are directed to contact IEA Amsterdam Director Dr. Andrea Netten.
ICCS 2022 participants include: Bulgaria, Brazil, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein as benchmarking entities), Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.
Organization
Topic
Content
Grades
8th Grade,
9th Grade
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Administration
Computer,
Paper
Access and Use
Price
IEA requires each participating country to cover the costs of the study at the national level; For ICCS 2022, the study participation fee is ICU 246,000 (= 123,000 US dollars plus 123,000 Euro).
Contact
Dr Andrea Netten: Director, IEA Amsterdam
Email: a.netten@iea.nl
Open Access
No
Use in Research
Knowles, R. T., & McCafferty-Wright, J. (2015). Connecting an open classroom climate to social movement citizenship: A study of 8th graders in Europe using IEA ICCS data. The Journal of Social Studies Research, 39(4), 255-269.
Schulz, W. et al. (2010). Initial Findings from the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study. IEA. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED512412.pdf
Biseth H. et al (2021). Northern Lights on civic and citizenship education: A Cross-national comparison of Nordic data from ICCS. IEA. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/47262/9783030667887.pdf
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Schulz, W., Carstens, R., Losito, B., & Fraillon, J. (2018).ICCS 2016 Technical Report. Amsterdam: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).https://www.iea.nl/publications/technical-reports/iccs-2016-technical-report
Torney-Purta, J., & Amadeo, J. (2023). Considerations for use of civics assessment instruments. EdInstruments Brief, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University.https://edinstruments.org/civics.
