International Activities Program (IAP)

Part of the U.S. Department of Education, the IAP supports a variety of activities to make international comparative data available on education and learning. Our main activities are to support U.S. participation in international studies of student knowledge and adult skills and make available the data and findings from these studies.

International Studies

Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies

Teaching and Learning International Survey

Program for International Student Assessment

International Computer and Information Literacy Study

Trends in International Mathematics and
Science Study

Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

International Early Learning Study

Schedule and Plans

View upcoming activities and
releases for the IAP studies.

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What's New

Financial Literacy 2022 U.S. Results (June 2024)
PISA-NAEP Content Comparison Study (June 2024)
Teacher Pathways Data Story (June 2024)
PISA 2022 U.S. Results (December 2023)
PIRLS 2021 U.S. Highlights now available (May 2023)
TIMSS 2019 U.S. Technical Report and User Guide (October 2022)
TIMSS 2019 U.S. data files (October 2022)
NEW! TIMSS Stats in Brief: Changes in Score Gaps (October 2022)
TIMSS 2019 IDE Results now available (March 2022)
ICILS 2018 U.S. Public and Restricted-use Data Files and Technical Report now available (February 2022)
PIAAC Data Point: International Comparisons of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills Over Time (December 2021)
PISA YAFS 2012-2016 results now available (June 2021)

Work with International Data

International Data Explorer (IDE)

Use our online analysis tool to work directly with international data and produce your own analyses, tables, regressions, and charts.

PIAAC Skills Map

Explore our interactive map to view reliable estimates of adult literacy and numeracy skills in all 50 states, all 3,141 counties, and the District of Columbia.

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Explore by Topic

Access topic-related resources from across the IAP studies.