Completed ZIB Projects

Current ZIB Projects

The ZIB focuses on issues in the field of educational science, with a particular emphasis on large-scale assessments. The individual projects cover a wide range of aspects, from methodological to application-oriented questions.

The following projects represent a selection of the ZIB's completed research work, providing an overview of the scope of ZIB's activities. In addition to a brief summary of each project, including its results, references to related publications can also be found

Educational monitoring

• PISA Plus 2012-2013 Competence development across an academic year
• Characterisation of risk groups
• Preparatory work for participation in international consortia for PISA 2015 and PISA 2018
• Trend in competence acquisition and school development since PISA 2000
• Secondary analyses of the PISA Plus data

Research syntheses

• Successful teaching is digital — but not exclusively
• Research Synthesis on School Conditions in STEM Education (School-ProMINT)
• Effectiveness and conditions of school inspection: a research synthesis
• Fostering the development of High-Achieving Students — a reserach synthesis
• Parental involvement in school processes
• Success factors for gender-specific support

Methodological research

• Research into the school context of mathematical competence within an international comparative framework
• National add-on study on computer-based assessment (CBA) in PISA 2012
• Processes of Task Completion and Individual Process Characteristics
• Development of Software for the Estimation of Multilevel Structural Equation Models

Associated projects (PISA working group)

• Hand in Hand

School and teaching research