Abbreviations and acronyms

AEE

External School Evaluation (Avaliação Externa de Escolas, Portugal)

AEQES

Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Agence pour l’Évaluation de la Qualité de l’Enseignement Supérieur, French Community of Belgium)

AIKA

Quality Agency for Higher Education (Augstākās izglītības kvalitātes aģentūra, Latvia)

BMBF

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Germany)

CEUVIZ

Central Register of Participants in Education Institutions (Centralna evidenca udeležencev vzgoje in izobraževanja, Slovenia)

CMEC

Council of Ministers of Education (Canada)

CNE

National Education Council (Conselho Nacional de Educação, Portugal)

COAG

Council of Australian Governments (Australia)

CSG

Canada Student Grant (Canada)

ČŠI

Czech School Inspectorate (České školní inspekce, Czech Republic)

CSLP

Canada Student Loans Program (Canada)

DEIS

Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (Ireland)

DfE

Department for Education (United Kingdom)

DSG

Dedicated Schools Grant (England, United Kingdom)

ECEC

Early Childhood Education and Care

EEA

European Economic Area

ENQA

European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

EQF

European Qualifications Framework

ESF

European Social Fund

eVŠ

Records and Analytical Information System for higher education in the Republic of Slovenia (Evidenčni in analitski informacijski system visokega šolstva v Sloveniji, Slovenia)

GDP

Gross domestic product

HEI

Higher education institution

ICT

Information and communications technology

KMK

Standing Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (Kultusministerkonferenz, Germany)

MEXT

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学省, Japan)

MEYS

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy České republiky, Czech Republic)

MINEDU

Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport (Ministerstvo školstva, vedy, výskumu a športu SR, Slovak Republic)

NAPLAN

National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (Australia)

NCEA

National Certificate of Educational Achievement (New Zealand)

NHEP

National Higher Education Programme (Resolucija o Nacionalnem programu visokega šolstva, Slovenia)

NTIP

New Teacher Induction Program (Ontario, Canada)

NVAO

Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organisation (Nederlands Vlaamse Accreditatie Organisatie, Flemish Community of Belgium)

PCAP

Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (Canada)

PIAAC

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies/Survey of Adult Skills

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

PLANEA

National Plan for Learning Assessment (Plan Nacional para la Evaluación de los Aprendizajes, Mexico)

PNPSE

Promotion of School Success (Programa Nacional de Promoção do Sucesso Escolar, Portugal)

R&D

Research and development

REP

Priority Education Networks (Réseaux d'éducation prioritaire, France)

REP+

Enhanced Priority Education Networks (Réseaux d'éducation prioritaire renforcés, France)

RIC

Regional Improvement Collaborative (Scotland, United Kingdom)

SAC

National System for Quality Assurance of Early Childhood, Basic and Upper Secondary Education (Sistema Nacional de Aseguramiento de la Calidad de la Educación Parvularia, Básica y Media, Chile)

SEP

Secretariat of Public Education (Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mexico)

SLE

Local Education Services (Servicios Locales de Educación, Chile)

SQA

National Quality Assurance System for General Education (Schulqualität Allgemeinbildung, Austria)

SRS

Schooling Resource Standard (Australia)

SSC

State Services Commission (New Zealand)

STEM

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

TALIS

Teaching and Learning International Survey

TEF

Teaching Excellence Framework (New Zealand)

TEMAG

Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group (Australia)

TEO

Tertiary Education Organisation (New Zealand)

TEQSA

Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Australia)

TES

Tertiary Education Strategy (New Zealand)

TFA

Teach For Australia (Australia)

TSV

Turkey’s Strategic Vision 2023 (Türkiye'nin Stratejik Vizyonu 2023 Projesi, Turkey)

TTÜ

Tallinn University of Technology (Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, Estonia)

TUBITAK

Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, Turkey)

UAS

Universities of Applied Sciences (Ammattikorkeakoulut, Finland)

UNT

Unified National Testing (Единое национальное тестирование, Kazakhstan)

UT

University of Tartu (Tartu Ülikool, Estonia)

VET

Vocational Education and Training

WBL

Work-based learning

YÖK

Council of Higher Education (Yükseköğretim Kurulu, Turkey)

Abbreviations and acronyms