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title: Zentrum für internationale Bildungsvergleichsstudien (ZIB) e.V.
url: "https://www.zib.education/en/"
description: Das ZIB setzt Standards im Bereich des international vergleichenden Bildungsmonitorings und ist mit der Durchführung der PISA-Studie in Deutschland betraut.
image: "https://www.zib.education/_assets/processed/9h7ooBAiy78pbBZkh_brM4BKwZ3O6q8fVx-72WvD6sA/q:85/w:343/h:40/fn:Y3NtX0xvZ29fMDcyODNhOTRhNA:t/cb:96c1b643e39fe35262d430330313fe20ed6995d2/bG9jYWw6L2ZpbGVhZG1pbi9CaWxkZXIvTG9nb3MvTG9nby5wbmc"
date: 2022-05-06
modified: 2026-01-07
---

# Zentrum für internationale Bildungsvergleichsstudien (ZIB) e.V.

[### Fake News or Facts?

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 ](https://www.zib.education/en/pisa-2022-fake-news-or-facts/) [### Creative Thinking in Germany and internationally compared

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 ](https://www.zib.education/en/pisa-2022-creative-thinking/) [### Which competencies do 15-year-olds have?

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*Direct access:* [Publications](https://www.zib.education/en/research/publications/) [ZIB Academy](https://www.zib.education/en/junior-researchers/zib-academy/) [Press](https://www.zib.education/en/about-zib/press/) [Contact](https://www.zib.education/en/team/)

### PISA — Programme for International Student Assessment

Since 2000, PISA has recorded and compared the performance of 15-year-old students worldwide in reading, mathematics and science. Since 2010, ZIB has been leading the national project management on behalf of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK).

[More about PISA](https://www.zib.education/en/pisa/)

[PISA 2025](https://www.zib.education/en/pisa/pisa-2025/)

[PISA 2022](https://www.zib.education/en/pisa/pisa-2022/)

[PISA Archive](https://www.zib.education/en/pisa/pisa-archive/)

       ![Thre people in business wear sit on a tree. Two people are watering the tree.](https://www.zib.education/_assets/processed/wmWagwYxZF2mvC3o7yp8f8u8TuZrEQqMvxdUU4N0EU0/q:85/w:474/h:474/fn:Y3NtX25hY2h3dWNoc2ZvZXJkZXJ1bmdfaWxsdXNyYXRpb25fZmlyZWZseV9qa18xLTFfMzExZWJlMTY0Nw:t/cb:932ca79b060c689cacfb1e7bb0864b93bb4f4af5/bG9jYWw6L2ZpbGVhZG1pbi9CaWxkZXIvUHJvamVrdGUvbmFjaHd1Y2hzZm9lcmRlcnVuZ19pbGx1c3JhdGlvbl9maXJlZmx5X2prXzEtMS5wbmc "nachwuchsfoerderung-adobe-firefly-1-1")         © Erstellt mit Adobe Firefly          © Erstellt mit Adobe Firefly

Supporting junior researchers
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One of the central concerns at ZIB is providing support for junior researchers. We see ourselves as a contact point for scientists from various disciplines. In regular junior researchers' academies and workshops, we provide concentrated methodological and specialist support.

[About our programmes](https://www.zib.education/en/junior-researchers/)

- Forschungsprojekt  laufend  Methodenforschung

    ### LDW II

    27.03.2025

    PISA 2025 Kompetenzdomäne „Lernen in der digitalen Welt“

    [ Read more ](https://www.zib.education/en/ldw-ii/)
- Drittmittelprojekt  laufend  Bildungsforschung

    ### FiLapp

    01.02.2025

    Financial Literacy App – Bridging the Gap for Marginalized Adolescents

    [ Read more ](https://www.zib.education/en/filapp/)
- Forschungsprojekt  laufend  Bildungsmonitoring

    ### Vorbereitung, Durchführung und Auswertung der PISA-Studien

    01.01.2024

    Das Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) erfasst weltweit Schüler\*innenleistungen und vergleicht diese international. Im Rahmen einer groß angelegten Erhebung untersucht PISA alle drei Jahre die Kompetenzen Fünfzehnjähriger in Naturwissenschaften, Lesen und Mathematik.

    [ Read more ](https://www.zib.education/en/forschung/forschungsprojekte/vorbereitung-durchfuehrung-und-auswertung-der-pisa-studien-1/)
- Forschungsprojekt  laufend  Bildungsforschung

    ### PISA-Ceco II

    01.01.2024

    [ Read more ](https://www.zib.education/en/pisa-ceco-ii/)

 Excerpt from our publications
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- Aktuelles  PISA Kompakt  PISA

    ### PISA Kompakt Sonderausgabe: PISA 2025: Bildung im Spannungsfeld von Innovation und Transformation. Eine Zusammenfassung

    08.09.2026

    08.09.2026 – Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse der PISA 2025 Studie.

    [ Read more ](https://www.zib.education/en/pisa-kompakt-09-2026/)
- Aktuelles  Publikation  PISA

    ### PISA 2025 - Bildung im Spannungsfeld von Innovation und Transformation

    08.09.2026

    Der vollständige Berichtsband zu den Ergebnissen der PISA 2025-Erhebung.

    [ Read more ](https://www.zib.education/en/pisa-2025-bildung-im-spannungsfeld-von-innovation-und-transformation-1/)
- Aktuelles  PISA Kompakt  PISA

    ### PISA Kompakt #04: Die Schulsozialindizes der Bundesländer – ein Weg zur bedarfsorientierten Ressourcenverteilung

    26.08.2026

    26.08.2026 – Schulsozialindizes als Hebel gegen Bildungsungleichheit in Deutschland.

    [ Read more ](https://www.zib.education/en/pisa-kompakt-08-2026/)
- Aktuelles  PISA Kompakt  PISA

    ### PISA Kompakt #03: Von PISA zur Praxis – Was Schulleitungen für die Schul- und Unterrichtsentwicklung brauchen

    28.05.2026

    28.05.2026 – Befragung von Schulleitungen zum Wissenstransfer von PISA in die Praxis.

    [ Read more ](https://www.zib.education/en/pisa-kompakt-05-2026/)

[All Publications](https://www.zib.education/en/research/publications/)

The ZIB Institutes
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The integration of ZIB research projects into the various institutes and the resulting collaborations make it possible to combine the diverse expertise in the field of educational research at all four locations.

- TUM
- DIPF
- IPN
- FDZ at IQB

    ![Logo TUM](https://www.zib.education/_assets/processed/BIYvpsvUYQqozCEHbQH9tXrInqIcXwW_Nnw7f79Lveo/q:85/w:401/h:130/fn:Y3NtX2xvZ29fdHVtXzQwNDJiNTNmMDM:t/cb:14c75d8d3ce85552abc456a9b2dcc2f66414d9b0/bG9jYWw6L2ZpbGVhZG1pbi9CaWxkZXIvTG9nb3MvbG9nb190dW0ucG5n)

#### Technical University Munich

The ZIB is headquartered at TUM. It is closely affiliated with the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology. Its work focuses on the PISA study in Germany and related research questions in the field of empirical educational research. [Prof. Dr. Samuel Greiff](https://www.zib.education/en/team/prof-dr-samuel-greiff/) holds the ZIB professorship.

[More Information](https://www.zib.education/en/about-zib/institutes/#c5507)

    ![Logo DIPF](https://www.zib.education/_assets/processed/5mqiYVX4BEL9n6jLg58P5Z8giin_5Tm6GNCoUAIitmA/q:85/w:275/h:89/fn:Y3NtX0RJUEZfTG9nb183MTVjMDc5NzEx:t/cb:994b06f1462e5144144d2db4c3572a5938121d04/bG9jYWw6L2ZpbGVhZG1pbi9CaWxkZXIvTG9nb3MvRElQRl9Mb2dvLnBuZw)

#### Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education

The ZIB working group of the DIPF focuses on educational and psychological diagnostics and large-scale assessments with the corresponding methodological research. The ZIB professorship is held by [Prof. Dr. Frank Goldhammer](https://www.zib.education/en/team/prof-dr-frank-goldhammer/).

[More Information](https://www.zib.education/en/about-zib/institutes/#c5518)

    ![Logo IPN](https://www.zib.education/_assets/processed/HsNivufccuxP8h75QDA10EvDIctvk_kClHNTx7UMcVA/q:85/w:401/h:117/fn:Y3NtX0xvZ29fSVBOXzhiODc5ZWZjNTA:t/cb:c25737e75d29e7cab452691c458f0c6b0837930d/bG9jYWw6L2ZpbGVhZG1pbi9CaWxkZXIvTG9nb3MvTG9nb19JUE4ucG5n)

#### Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education 

The research conducted by the ZIB working group at the IPN focuses on methodological issues relating to large-scale school performance surveys. This includes, for example, questions such as how collected data can be processed and evaluated in the most meaningful way possible. The ZIB professorship is held by [Prof. Dr. Oliver Lüdtke](https://www.zib.education/en/team/prof-dr-oliver-luedtke/).

[More Information](https://www.zib.education/en/about-zib/institutes/#c5529)

    ![Logo IQB](https://www.zib.education/fileadmin/Bilder/Logos/IQB_Logo.svg)

#### Institute for Quality Development in Education (IQB)

The Research Data Center (FDZ) is located at the IQB in Berlin. The FDZ collects data from national and international school performance studies and makes it available to researchers. In addition, the FDZ regularly offers events for the further training of young researchers.

[More Information](https://www.zib.education/en/about-zib/institutes/#c5540)