DOI: 10.24131/3724.230408
This special issue of Edukacja is devoted to the analysis of large-scale assessments (LSAs), which play a vital role in monitoring and comparing educational outcomes across populations, contexts, and time. LSAs provide education researchers and policymakers with an indispensable resource, offering robust empirical data to diagnose systemic challenges, identify inequalities, and design targeted interventions. The volume showcases contributions based on both international LSA programs—such as PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies), TALIS (Teaching and Learning International Survey) and ICCS (International Civic and Citizenship Education Study)—as well as national-level assessments inspired by international large-scale assessment, such as TICKS (Tests for International Comparisons of Knowledge and Skills). Whether coordinated by organizations like the OECD or the IEA or developed within individual countries, these studies offer complementary perspectives on learners’ knowledge, skills, attitudes, teachers’ views and practices, and the learning environments.