ECER 2023 was held in in Glasgow at August 22-25. Network 9 organized 20 paper sessions, a joint paper session with NW24 and a joint paper session with NW27, one symposium session, one joint symposium session with NW12, and one research workshop. The attendance of the sessions was good in general and the discussions were rich and interesting. Authors of the Network 9 submissions accepted for ECER 2023 were from 23 countries, reflecting the international composition of conference presentations. In addition, the NW9 programme included a keynote speech as an invited contribution.
Invited this year was Professor Samuel Greiff from the University of Luxembourg on the theme of “International Large-Scale Assessments and Education in the 21st Century”. He engaged with the network members in a discussion on 23 August 2023.
The network meeting took place on August 24 and the attendance was great. There organisation of ECER 2023 was great, there were no serious technical or other issues at. Below follows the list of the 20 paper sessions which were held in Network 9 by topic (in alphabetic order):
- Addressing Educational Equity and Inequality: Insights from Research and Policy
- Advancing Assessment Methods and Insights for Education Systems
- Assessing Quality Management, Evaluation Feedback, and Professional Capital in Education
- Assessment Practices and School Development: Fostering Fairness and Effective Implementation
- Bridging Research and Practice in Reading Literacy Interventions: Insights and Applications
- COVID-19 and Education: Assessing Impacts, Methodologies, and Policy Responses
- Exclusions and Non-response: Contemporary Missing Data Issues in International Large-scale Studies
- Exploring Behavior, Learning, and Well-being in Diverse Educational Contexts
- Exploring Factors Influencing Motivation, Engagement, and Attitudes in Education
- Exploring Mathematical Development, Self-Concept, and Achievement in Education
- Exploring Methodological Advances in Educational Research and Assessment
- Exploring Student Perspectives and Teacher Experiences: Feedback in Education
- Exploring Teacher Factors and Educational Contexts: Implications for Practice and Policy
- Exploring the Relationship Between Student Wellbeing and Academic Resilience
- Inclusive Education and Literacy: Perspectives, Interventions, and Assessment
- Innovations in Higher Education Admission and Student Support Programs: Enhancing Access and Success
- Linking Education to Long-Term Outcomes
- Teacher Quality and Educational Outcomes: Insights from Nordic Education Systems
- Understanding Learning Outcomes and Equity in Diverse Educational Contexts
Further contribution to the network programme was a research workshop with the theme “Getting started with R in RStudio” by Erika Majoros and Monica Rosén in the organisation of the research school “School of Quantitative Research Methods in Education” (QRM).
In terms of offers for capacity building and professional development, members of Network 9 gladly continued supporting the Emerging Researchers’ Conference (ERC) by participating in the review process and by serving as mentors for sessions in the ERC 2023.
For further details on the work and activities in Network 9 see the minutes of the network meeting at ECER 2023 and the different sections of the website of Network 9.
Also contributing to the network programme were two joint paper sessions and a joint symposium:
- Joint Paper Session with NW 24: Assessment and Curriculum Reforms: Understanding Impacts and Enhancing Assessment Literacy
- Joint Paper Session with NW 27: Advancing Assessment Tools and Strategies in Subject-Specific Contexts
- The joint symposium in collaboration with Network 12 had the theme “Accessing Data for Educational Research: Research, Best-Practices and Practical Implications for Researchers.”