Marjo Sirén

Marjo Sirén

Project researcher
Unit
Finnish Institute for Educational Research
Room number
RUU A433
Mobile
+358408055165
Postal address
Alvar Aallon katu 9
Fields of science
516 Educational sciences
6121 Languages

Biography

I work at the Finnish Institute for Educational Research as a researcher and national research coordinator in the PIRLS study, which evaluates the reading comprehension of 4th grade students. In addition, I work as a reading literacy researcher in the PISA assessment, which focuses on to what extent 15-year-old students have acquired knowledge and skills for full participation in society. I am also working on a PhD for the Department of Language and Communication Studies. In my dissertation, I focus on critical literacy in the PISA 2018 reading literacy assessment. 

Research interests

My research is primarily related to international assessment studies – especially the reading literacy skills of children and young people and the factors related to reading literacy achievement and its development. The research results can be used, for example, in educational policy decision-making. My research produces reliable and comprehensive information also for the needs of others interested in literacy and school. In my dissertation, I focus on critical literacy in the PISA 2018 reading literacy assessment.

Publications

Publication
2023
Available through Open Access
Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön julkaisuja.
Hiltunen, Jenna
Ahonen, Arto
Hienonen, Ninja
Kauppinen, Heli
Kotila, Jenni
Lehtola, Piia
Leino, Kaisa
Lintuvuori, Meri
Nissinen, Kari
Puhakka, Eija
Sirén, Marjo
Vainikainen, Mari-Pauliina
Vettenranta, Jouni
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access
PIRLS 2021 Encyclopedia. TIMSS & PIRLS International Study Center.
Leino, Kaisa
Sirén, Marjo
Publication
2019
Available through Open Access
Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön julkaisuja.
Leino, Kaisa
Ahonen, Arto K.
Hienonen, Ninja
Hiltunen, Jenna
Lintuvuori, Meri
Lähteinen, Suvi
Lämsä, Joni
Nissinen, Kari
Nissinen, Virva
Puhakka, Eija
Pulkkinen, Jonna
Rautopuro, Juhani
Sirén, Marjo
Vainikainen, Mari-Pauliina
Vettenranta, Jouni