[1] The test assessed computer and literacy skills of 60,000 8th grade students (average 13.5 years old) from 21 education systems worldwide.
The third cycle of the study, ICILS 2023 was officially launched at the 2018 IEA General Assembly Meeting.
[3] The study was assessed through 4 levels:[4] ICILS 2013 found that only 2% of students use their critical thinking and teachers lack confidence in teaching essential ICT skills.
At home, students use 75% of their time communicating with others using messaging or social network, 52% searching for information for study or school work, 49% posting comments to online profiles or blogs and 48% using voice chat.
[4] Fewer than half the teachers felt that they were capable of carrying out more complex tasks,[2] such as installing software, collaborating with others and taking part in discussion forums.