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Progress on the Post-primary School Graduate Profile

Progress on the Post-primary School Graduate Profile

The Council wants more support for teachers

The Council wants more support for teachers

“We want to include attention to values and attitudes in subject teaching. We must establish good working conditions for teachers and enable support where it is needed,” said Prof. Zbigniew Marciniak, chairperson of the Council for...

Consultations are starting on the post-primary school Graduate Profile!

Consultations are starting on the post-primary school Graduate Profile!

The Educational Research Institute (IBE PIB) invites all interested persons to participate in the consultations on the first version of the post-primary school graduate profile. The document was developed based on interviews with...

How can assessment motivate students to learn? A summary of the methods and scientific seminar in Poznań

How can assessment motivate students to learn? A summary of the methods and scientific seminar in Poznań

The event brought together experts in teaching and assessment, school directors, and teachers who discussed the issue of assessment in Polish schools through lectures, discussions, and conversations.
New IBE PIB report: Competencies are the key to success in the labour market—results of the PIAAC 2023 survey

New IBE PIB report: Competencies are the key to success in the labour market—results of the PIAAC 2023 survey

In our rapidly changing world, adult skills are becoming a key resource—both for individual career opportunities and for the economy as a whole. We present a thematic report entitled ‘Skills in the Polish labour market’, which was based...

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maciej jakubowski

Maciej Jakubowski, PhD

Director of the Educational Research Institute and a former Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Education. He holds a degree in sociology and a doctorate in economic sciences from the University of Warsaw, where he also serves as a professor. Maciej has also pursued academic work at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. He has worked as a researcher at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence. 

Between 2005 and 2008, he contributed to the Central Examination Commission’s research team, focusing on educational added values, and collaborated with the Center for Social and Economic Analysis (CASE). From 2008 to 2012, he was an analyst with the PISA team at the OECD in Paris. As Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Education (2012-2014), Maciej was responsible for strategic development and educational financing. In 2014, he founded the Evidence Institute Foundation, dedicated to promoting the application of research in educational practice and policy-making.

He is deeply committed to educational research and is equally passionate about communicating evidence-based teaching methodologies to educators, students, and parents. He has advised governments and international organisations, including the World Bank, OECD, UNESCO, UNDP, and the European Commission. He is the author of numerous scientific papers, research reports, and works aimed at popularising educational research.