ICCS 2009 Technical Report - IEA

SummaryICCS established three regional modules for Europe, Latin America, and Asia. These weredesigned to assess region-specific aspects of civic and citizenship education that were notincluded in the international data collection. Twenty-four European, six Latin American, andfive Asian countries chose to participate in these regional modules.In each of the regions, national coordinators, national experts, and international project staffworked collaboratively to develop regional instruments that addressed particular researchquestions derived from region-specific frameworks with links to the ICCS assessmentframework. For each of the regional instruments, the development process involved reviewsand discussions with national and international experts as well as piloting of item material inparticipating countries.ReferencesFraillon, J., Ainley, J., & Schulz, W. (forthcoming). ICCS 2009 Asian report: Civic knowledgeand attitudes among lower-secondary students in five Asian countries. Amsterdam, the Netherlands:International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).Kerr, D., Sturman, L., Schulz, W., & Burge, B. (2010). ICCS 2009 European report: Civic knowledge,attitudes, and engagement among lower-secondary students in 24 European countries. Amsterdam, theNetherlands: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).Schulz, W., Ainley, J., Friedman, T., & Lietz, P. (2011). ICCS 2009 Latin American report: Civicknowledge and attitudes among lower-secondary students in six Latin American countries. Amsterdam, theNetherlands: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).Schulz, W., Fraillon, J., Ainley, J., Losito, B., & Kerr, D. (2008). International Civic and CitizenshipEducation Study: Assessment framework. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: International Association forthe Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).development of regional instruments49