In 2018, CICED continued to support Russian researchers in their further work of development of methodologies of education quality assessment and building up the expert capacity of Russian specialists working in the field of education quality assessment.
In 2018, work was also completed on the preparation of cross-country research on the mathematical competence of primary school children.
One of the goals of CICED for 2018 was to build stronger cooperation between all components of the READ Program and to ensure interaction between them. This synergy would boost the positive effect of changes in the various countries involved.