The Educational Research Institute (IBE) is an institution conducting interdisciplinary research concerning the functioning and effectiveness of the education system in Poland. The Institute participates in national and international research projects, prepares reports, expert opinions and carries out advisory functions. From October 1st, 2010 the Institute under the Act on Research Institutions became a research institute.

The Institute main research areas:

• new core curriculum and subject teaching methods,
• measurement and analysis of student educational achievement,
• psychological and pedagogical foundations of school achievement,
• relationship between education and the labour market, especially monitoring the situation of young people entering the labour market,
• lifelong learning and national qualifications framework,
• economic determinants of education, financing education and other broad issues concerning economics of education,
• teacher working conditions, working hours, professional status and competencies,
• institutional and legal problems concerning the education system and educational policy.