Abbreviations and acronyms

AMP

Assessment Mentoring Program

CAT

Computer adaptive testing

EdStats

Education Information Portal

EMIS

Education Management Information System

ERC

Education Resource Centre

ESCS

PISA index of economic, social and cultural status

EU

European Union

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GEL

Georgian lari

GPRA

Government Performance and Results Act

G-PriEd

Georgia Primary Education Project

HDI

Human Development Index

IEA

International Association for Evaluation of Educational Achievement

ITE

Initial teacher preparation

MAP

Measure of Academic Progress

MBT

Mentoring Beginning Teachers

MCC

Millennium Challenge Corporation

MICS

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys

MoESCS

Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport

NAEC

National Assessment and Examinations Centre

NCEQE

National Centre for Education Quality Enhancement

NGOs

Non-governmental organisations

NRO

Netherlands Initiative for Education Research

NWO

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

PIRLS

Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

PISA

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment

PPP

Purchasing power parity

PST

Professional Support Teams

SABER

Systems Approach for Better Education Results

SEN

Special Education Needs

SGE

Secondary Graduation Examination

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

TALIS

Teacher and Learning International Survey

TIMSS

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

TPDC

Teacher Professional Development Centre

UEE

Unified Entry Examination

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USD

United States dollars

VET

Vocational Education and Training