The IAP homepage provides links to all the international studies that NCES supports. Click on the read more button to learn more about the International Activities Program.
The IDE now includes data from the 2013 and 2018 International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) & the 2018 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS). Use our online analysis tool to create your own analyses and explore the results from ICILS, TALIS, and other international studies!
Explore how the U.S. adult population's competencies and skills in literacy, numeracy, and digital problem solving help them successfully participate in 21st-century society and the global economy.
What is the International Activities Program (IAP)?
Part of the U.S. Department of Education, the IAP supports a variety of activities to make international comparative data available on education and learning. Our main activities are to support U.S. participation in international studies of student knowledge and adult skills and make available the data and findings from these studies.Read More
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Click on a subject below to explore the resources available from across the various international studies.
Take our online training course to understand our data's technical details and learn what you need to know to analyze the data with your own statistical software.Go to IAP Intro Video Go to PIAAC Intro Video