Dr. Wolfram Schulz is Research Director of ACER’s International Surveys Research
Program and has been working at ACER since 2001. He has a university degree in Political
Science and is Doctor of Economic and Social Sciences (Universität Rostock). Prior to
joining ACER, Dr Schulz worked for three years as Associate International Co-ordinator of
the IEA Civic Education Study and was co-author of its international report and co-editor
of its technical report. 

Dr Schulz is familiar with a wide range of statistical software and has experience in the
analysis of large-scale survey data, sampling procedures and item response modelling
methods. He is giving advice on sampling, scaling and statistical analysis to external
clients as well as project staff and has supervised data analytic work for a number of
national and international large-scale surveys (including the international OECD PISA
surveys and numerous national assessments in Australia). 

Currently, Dr. Schulz is Research Director of the International Study Centre of the IEA
International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS), which assessed learning
outcomes of civic and citizenship education in 38 countries in 2008 and 2009 and
co-director of the national Civics and Citizenship Education Assessment Project 2010. In
addition, he is the assessment coordinator for the IEA Computer and Information Literacy
Study (ICILS).

Articles (Refereed)

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National assessment program : civics and citizenship years 6 and 10 report 2010 (with Julian Fraillon, Eveline Gebhardt, and Nicole Wernert), Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2011)
 

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The Analysis of Measurement Equivalence in International Studies using the Rasch Model (with Julian Fraillon), Educational Research and Evaluation (2011)
 
The IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) : Design and Concept (with Julian Fraillon), CADMO (2009)
 
El Estudio Internacional sobre Educacion Civic y Ciudadana (ICSS) de la IEA (with Julian Fraillon), Revista Internacional Magisterio (2008)
 

Books and Reports

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ICCS 2009 Latin American Report : civic knowledge and attitudes among lower-secondary students in six Latin American countries (with John Ainley, Tim Friedman, and Petra Lietz), Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2011)
 

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ICCS 2009 Technical Report (with John Ainley and Julian Fraillon), Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2011)
 

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Initial Findings from the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (with John Ainley, Julian Fraillon, David Kerr, and Bruno Losito), Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2010)
 

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ICCS 2009 European report : civic knowledge, attitudes, and engagement among lower secondary students in 24 European countries (with David Kerr, Linda Sturman, and Bethan Burge), Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2010)
 

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ICCS 2009 International Report: Civic knowledge, attitudes and engagement among lower secondary school students in thirty-eight countries. (with John Ainley, Julian Fraillon, David Kerr, and Bruno Losito), Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2010)
 

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Contributions to Books

The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) (with Julian Fraillon and John Ainley), IEA 1958-2008: 50 years of experiences and memories (2011)
 

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Questionnaire construct validation in the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study, IERI Monograph Series (2009)
 

Conference Papers & Presentations

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The Analysis of Measurement Equivalence in International Studies using the Rasch Model. (with Julian Fraillon), European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) . (2009)
 

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Questionnaire Construct Validation in the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study, Civics and Citizenship Assessment (2008)
 

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An International Perspective on Civic And Citizenship Education: Exploring the Learning Context for Lower Secondary Students (with Julian Fraillon), 2008 – Touching the Future: Building Skills for Life and Work (2008)
 

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Measuring the socio-economic background of students and its effect on achievement in PISA 2000 and PISA 2003., Annual Meetings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2006)
 

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Political Efficacy and Expected Participation among Lower and Upper Secondary Students. A comparative analysis with data from the IEA Civic Education Study., ECPR General Conference (2005)
 

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Reports

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Citizenship and Education in Twenty-eight Countries : civic knowledge and engagement at age fourteen. (with Judith Torney-Purta, Rainer Lehmann, and Hans Oswald) (2001)