Instituto Dominicano de Evaluación e Investigación de la Calidad Educativa

What Instituto Dominicano de Evaluación e Investigación de la Calidad Educativa does

The Instituto Dominicano de Evaluación e Investigación de la Calidad Educativa (IDEICE) is a decentralized public institution of the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Education (MINERD), created on June 25, 2008 by Ordinance No. 03-2008 of the National Education Council. It is the first and only public institution in the country dedicated exclusively to educational quality evaluation and research. IDEICE generates evidence for pre-university education policy decisions and operates programs that span national and international student assessment (PISA), teacher performance evaluation, school self-assessment, and competitive research funding. Its primary stakeholders are MINERD, the 18 educational regional offices, teachers, schools, and the Dominican academic research community.

The institution's technology stack centers on three proprietary platforms: INERED, a national index of over 7,000 educational research references hosted at inered.gob.do; OPeRD, an educational observatory dashboard integrating data on access, equity, inclusion, learning, and management; and REVIE, a peer-reviewed academic journal for educational research and evaluation, recently indexed in ERH Plus. In June 2026, IDEICE added two new analytical products — SICE (Sistema de Indicadores de Calidad Educativa) and IDEICE Lab (a public policy laboratory built with the University of Chicago's Development Innovation Lab). Auxiliary programs include CTRI (Conoce tu Regional Investigando, with 100 active projects across all 18 regionals), the Programa Joven Investigador (8th cohort), the PREIET national award, and user training and bibliographic services. AI is used selectively to evaluate research proposals and as a subject of ethics training within the Young Researcher Program.

IDEICE's business model is non-commercial: it is entirely funded by the Dominican national budget through MINERD and delivers all evaluation, research, and training services free of charge to educational stakeholders. Distribution is via MINERD's government portal network, the 18 regional educational offices, and direct partnerships with universities and public agencies (ITLA, UCSD, ISPFB, ISFODOSU, CND, INAFOCAM, ISA). The institution does not have private shareholders, external investors, or commercial revenue streams; its leadership is appointed (currently Dr. Jesús Andújar Avilés, since October 2024), and headcount sits at approximately 51–100 staff with 115+ internal collaborators across four occupational groups.

Name

Instituto Dominicano de Evaluación e Investigación de la Calidad Educativa

Legal name

Instituto Dominicano de Evaluación e Investigación de la Calidad Educativa

Website

https://ideice.gob.do

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

IDEICE is a Dominican Republic government institution, attached to the Ministry of Education, that conducts national educational evaluation and research. It operates research databases (INERED, OPeRD, SICE), the REVIE journal, PISA testing, and teacher-research programs serving MINERD and the country's 18 educational regional offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Quality Assessment Services

NAICS

Administration of Education Programs (923110)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDADAGAA

Institutional & Programmatic Accreditation Audits

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Education Quality Assurance, Compliance & Audit

Keywords

• Educational evaluation services
• Educational quality research
• Student assessment programs
• Teacher performance evaluation
• Educational policy research

Headquarters

HQ city

Santo Domingo

HQ country

Dominican Republic

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: As a decentralized institution of the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic, IDEICE operates entirely on government funding. The institution does not generate commercial revenue but is allocated budgetary resources to carry out its mission of educational evaluation and research.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IDEICE is a decentralized government institution of the Dominican Republic Ministry of Education (MINERD) that conducts national educational evaluations and research, including coordination of the international PISA assessment, maintenance of research databases (INERED), publication of the REVIE academic journal, and operation of educational quality indicator systems. It provides free public services to the Ministry, 18 regional educational offices, teachers, schools, and the academic research community across the Dominican Republic.

Product overview

IDEICE is a government research institute (institution, not a commercial software product) that operates a platform of interconnected services and programs for educational evaluation and research in the Dominican Republic. Its core products include INERED (the national educational research index database with over 7,000 references), REVIE (a peer-reviewed journal indexed in ERH Plus), and OPeRD (an educational observatory dashboard). Key programs include CTRI (Conoce tu Regional Investigando), the Programa Joven Investigador, the PREIET award, and the PISA international assessment program. In 2025, IDEICE launched two new analytical tools: Ideice Lab (a public policy laboratory developed with the University of Chicago's DIL) and SICE (an educational quality indicators system). AI is employed in research evaluation and investigation processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• INERED (Índice Nacional de Referencias de Investigaciones Educativas)

Quantifiable outcome

• 130 educational research studies developed with 192 teacher participants in current period
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• ITLA (Instituto Tecnológico de Las Américas)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 June 2026IDEICE and ITLA signed a framework agreement to strengthen educational research, technological development, and specialized training opportunities. The collaboration aims to develop joint initiatives in research, innovation, and capacity building for the Dominican educational system.
• Laboratorio de Innovación para el Desarrollo (DIL) - Universidad de ChicagostrategicTechnology or Integration · 24 June 2026Collaboration for the development of IDEICE Lab (Laboratorio de Políticas Públicas Educativas), connecting educational policy priorities with technical impact evaluation methods, responsible use of administrative data, and generation of evidence for public decision-making.
• Consejo Nacional de Drogas (CND)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 August 2025Five-year agreement for the promotion and dissemination of educational research to improve prevention, education, and awareness programs on substance use in schools. IDEICE will develop research and facilitate access to dissemination spaces while CND designs educational programs and campaigns.
• Instituto Superior Pedro Francisco Bonó (ISPFB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 July 2025Five-year cooperation agreement for academic and scientific collaboration in favor of pre-university educational quality. Includes joint seminars, workshops, conferences, courses, academic publications, and development of formative programs for teachers linked to IDEICE programs.
• Instituto Nacional de Formación y Capacitación del Magisterio (INAFOCAM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 July 2025Technical advisory partnership for the implementation of continuous training and integral accompaniment project in Regional 18 (Bahoruco and Independencia). IDEICE provides research and evaluation orientation while INAFOCAM delivers teacher training.
• Instituto Superior de Formación Docente Salomé Ureña (ISFODOSU)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 July 2025Collaboration through various agreements supporting research programs. 11 of 30 participants in the 7th Young Researcher cohort are from ISFODOSU. Joint support for the 5th Student Congress on Educational Research.
• Universidad Católica Santo Domingo (UCSD)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 July 2025Cooperation agreement to strengthen the national educational system through joint evaluation and research initiatives. Enables UCSD graduates and researchers to participate in IDEICE programs including Young Researcher and Competitive Research Funds.
• Instituto Superior de Agricultura (ISA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 June 2025Joint research study on nutritional and anthropometric characteristics of students in four educational regionals, conducted through the IDEICE Competitive Research Funds Program. Included 918 students from 59 educational centers.
• Centro de Nutrición Clínica (CNC) de SantiagominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 June 2025Collaborated with ISA on the study of nutritional and anthropometric characteristics of students, providing clinical nutrition expertise for the research conducted in four educational regionals.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER): Independent nonprofit that conducts international large-scale assessments, education research and capacity-building programs for governments worldwide. Comparable to IDEICE as a national education research and evaluation body that operates internationally and supports PISA-adjacent work.
• Educational Testing Service (ETS): US-based global nonprofit that develops and administers educational assessments and conducts large-scale education research. It is a broad incumbent in the same domain as IDEICE and operates the international PISA infrastructure, making it both a methodological reference and a potential coordination counterpart.
• RAND Corporation: US-based policy research organization with one of the largest education research divisions, conducting rigorous impact evaluations of educational programs and policies. Comparable to IDEICE in the evidence-generation function it performs for public sector decision-makers, though at much greater scale and global scope.

Others

• OECD: International organization that administers the PISA program and sets the methodological framework IDEICE follows for international assessments. Not a direct competitor but the principal governing body and standards-setter for the assessments IDEICE coordinates in the Dominican Republic.
• UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIPE): UNESCO-affiliated institute that builds capacity in educational planning, policy analysis and monitoring & evaluation in developing countries. Relevant peer for IDEICE's policy-evaluation mandate and a likely source of methodological standards, partnerships and international visibility.
• Instituto Nacional de Formación y Capacitación del Magisterio (INAFOCAM): Dominican Republic public institute for teacher training and continuous professional development, and an active IDEICE partner for joint technical assistance in Regional 18. Complementary rather than competitive: INAFOCAM trains teachers while IDEICE evaluates them, making it the closest ecosystem participant within the country.
• World Bank Education: Multilateral institution that funds education system strengthening, impact evaluation and evidence-based policy reform across Latin America. Comparable as a funder and methodological influencer for education evaluation work in the region, with potential to support IDEICE's expansion of evidence-generation capabilities.

Direct peers

• Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la Educación (Icfes): Colombia's national education evaluation institute, attached to the Ministry of National Education, that designs, applies and analyzes standardized assessments (Saber, PISA coordination). It mirrors IDEICE's mandate of generating evidence for educational policy and is one of the most mature direct peers in the region.
• Instituto Nacional para la Evaluación de la Educación (INEE): Mexico's autonomous national institute for educational evaluation, quality assessment and dissemination of education information. It is the closest functional equivalent of IDEICE in Latin America, performing national and international student assessments, teacher evaluation, and policy-oriented education research for the Mexican federal government.
• Instituto Nacional de Evaluación Educativa (INEVAL): Ecuador's public institute responsible for national education quality evaluation, including Ser Estudiante and international assessments. Comparable in mandate and scale to IDEICE, with similar dependence on the country's Ministry of Education for funding and policy direction.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IDEICERD
• Facebookfacebook.com/IDEICERD
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ideice-rd
• Instagraminstagram.com/ideicerd

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

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