Within the work package 2 and 3, a week-long working meeting was organized at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium from 8-14th May 2015. Meeting of the Steering Committee of the IEEPS project was held on the first day of the visit. Research team members from Serbia and Slovenia had the opportunity to learn about multilevel analysis used in TIMSS, PISA and other studies carried out at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Furthermore, participants gained insight into the advantages of ...

After months of planning, selecting proper samples, obtaining permissions and communicating with school coordinators, the questionnaire distribution has commenced in April 2015. Packages were sent to 125 schools in Serbia. During April, May and June 2015, data from over 5,500 students, their parents and 2,500 teachers were collected and entered into databases. Data analyses will serve as the basis for creation of the School performance feedback, Effective factors Handbook and in-service trai...

Within the Work Package 2 and 3, six-day workshop took place at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade from 9-14th July 2014. The workshop wasled by prof. dr.LeonidasKyriakidesand prof. dr.HaralambosHaralambusfrom the University ofCyprus. The workshop was organized by the Institute for Educational Research. During the first part of the workshop participants discussed the results of the pilot phase of the research and the means to improve teachers’ and students’ questionnaires for the ma...