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Click on the read more button to learn more about the International Activities Program.</span> </div> </div> <div class="read-more-button" style="width: 165px;"> <a href="about.asp">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="carousel-item"> <img src="/web/20200916201920im_/https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/images/carousel-image-IDE.jpg" alt="Use our online analysis tool to create your own analyses and explore the results from international studies." title="Use our online analysis tool to create your own analyses and explore the results from international studies."> <div class="carousel-wrap" style="width: 40%; right: auto; left: 80px"> <div class="carousel-content"> <div class="carousel-background-opacity"></div> <div> <div class="title">International Data Explorer</div> <span>Use our online analysis tool to create your own analyses and explore the results from international studies.</span> </div> </div> <div class="read-more-button" style="width: 165px;"> <a 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computer literacy and technology assessment frameworks and items.</span> </div> </div> <div class="read-more-button" style="width: 165px;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200916201920/https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/tel/pdf/tel_icils_study.pdf">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div> <div class="carousel-item"> <img src="/web/20200916201920im_/https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/images/carousel-piaac.png" title="Explore how the U.S. adult population's competencies and skills in literacy, numeracy, and digital problem solving help them successfully participate in 21st-century society and the global economy." alt="Explore how the U.S. adult population's competencies and skills in literacy, numeracy, and digital problem solving help them successfully participate in 21st-century society and the global economy."> <div class="carousel-wrap" style="width: 50%; top: 60px;"> <div class="carousel-content"> <div class="carousel-background-opacity"></div> <div> <div class="title">PIAAC 2017 U.S. Results</div> <span>Explore how the U.S. adult population's competencies and skills in literacy, numeracy, and digital problem solving help them successfully participate in 21st-century society and the global economy.</span> </div> </div> <div class="read-more-button" style="width: 165px;"> <a href="/web/20200916201920/https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/piaac/current_results.asp">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div class="carousel-item"> <img src="/web/20200916201920im_/https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/images/carousel-image-talis-release.jpg" title="TALIS 2018 results explore how teachers, school conditions, and learning environments compare internationally." alt="TALIS 2018 results explore how teachers, school conditions, and learning environments compare internationally."> <div class="carousel-wrap" style="width: 40%;"> <div class="carousel-content"> <div class="carousel-background-opacity"></div> <div> <div class="title">TALIS 2018 Results</div> <span>Explore how teachers, school conditions, and learning environments compared internationally in 2018!</span>  </div> </div> <div class="read-more-button" style="width: 165px;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200916201920/https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/talis/talis2018/default.asp">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div> <div class="carousel-item"> <img src="/web/20200916201920im_/https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/images/carousel-image-upcoming_releases.jpg" alt="Find out what results are new or coming soon from U.S. participation in international studies." title="Find out what results are new or coming soon from U.S. participation in international studies."> <div class="carousel-wrap" style="width: 50%;"> <div class="carousel-content"> <div class="carousel-background-opacity"></div> <div> <div class="title">Recent Results</div> <span>Find out what results are new or coming soon from U.S. participation in international 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