Where to find international datasets?
The OECD SSES website provides:
- Datasets from each SSES study cycles, containing the full set of responses from students, parents, school principals, and teachers;
- Technical documentation, user guides, codebooks, and variable information;
- Source and national versions of the questionnaires.
Available data formats: STATA and SPSS and for SSES 2023, also and CSV.
How to analyse study data?
Do you want to analyse SSES data? Here you will find practical information compiled for people who want to carry out such analyses independently, including those who are just becoming familiar with the specifics of international large-scale assessments (ILSA). We describe the most popular software and packages for analysing ILSA data and how to use them in practice. We also provide step-by-step guidance on how to conduct analyses—from where to download the data, through information on data structure and variable names, to examples of specific analyses with ready-to-run analysis scripts and visualisations.