Iea International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2023 Assessment Framework

This open access book presents the conceptual and operational foundations of the

IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study (2023), which is designed

to assess how well students are prepared for study, work, and life in a digital world.

The study measures international differences in students’ computer and information

literacy (CIL): their ability to use computers to investigate, create, participate and

communicate at home, at school, in the workplace and in the community. Participating

countries also have an option for their students to complete an assessment of

computational thinking (CT).

The ICILS assessment framework articulates the basic structure of the study. It

provides a description of the field and the constructs to be measured. It outlines the

design and content of the measurement instruments, sets down the rationale for

those designs, and describes how measures generated by those instruments relate

to the constructs. In addition, it hypothesizes relations between constructs so as to

provide the foundation for some of the analyses that follow.

Julian Fraillon is the International

Study Director of the International Computer and Information Literacy Study

(2013, 2018 and 2023). His research work focuses on the conceptualization,

planning and implementation of national and international large-scale

assessment projects. His primary research interests are digital literacy

education, assessment design, and civics and citizenship education.

Mojca Rozman is a senior research analyst at IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of

Educational Achievement) where she works in the Research and Analysis Unit. She

studied psychology and holds a PhD in statistics. She has experience in

questionnaire development, and psychometric analysis, including scaling of questionnaire,

and test data.