We are grateful to all those who joined us online and in person for the Launch of the ICILS 2023 International Report and Results on Tuesday, 12 November. 

A special thank you also goes to our event speakers and partners at Aarhus University.

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From left to right: Dirk Hastedt, Julian Fraillon, Thierry Rocher, Jeppe Bundsgaard, and Sofie Gry Bindslev 

From left to right: Päivi Häkkinen, Linda Manilla, Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir, Thierry Rocher, and Jeppe Bundsgaard

The ICILS 2023 International Report is now available open-access via the IEA website. The international press release is also available here. 

Some key findings include: 

• On average, almost half of eighth-grade students reached at least Computer and Information Literacy (CIL) proficiency Level 2—the level at which students demonstrate an understanding of computer use basics.
• CIL achievement has shown a tendency to decrease between the 2013 and 2023 cycles of ICILS. No countries that participated in ICILS 2013 and ICILS 2023 experienced an increase in average CIL achievement from one cycle to the next.
• Female students performed statistically significantly higher in 28 participating countries, and there were no participating countries where male students outperformed females in CIL achievement.
• On average, across participating countries, two thirds of students are operating at proficiency Level 2 or higher for CT—the level at which students can engage with real-world problems to plan and implement computer-based solutions.
• Achievement levels are consistently higher, on average, for students from higher socioeconomic backgrounds, for students who speak the language of the test at home, and for students from families without an immigrant background.

We are thrilled to also announce the release of the newest IEA Teacher Snippet using ICILS 2023 data.

Aimed at teachers, this Snippet focuses on providing strategies to encourage information evaluation in the classroom, and is now available on the IEA website.

To view all available ICILS 2023 resources, visit the news post here.  

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