OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: North Macedonia

Acronyms and abbreviations

ARACIP

Agenţia Română de Asigurare a Calităţii în Învăţământul Superior - Romania’s Agency for Quality Assurance in

Pre-University Education

asTTIe

New Zealand’s Assessment Tools for Teaching and Learning

BDE

Бирото за развој на образованието - Bureau for Development of Education

CSL

Ireland’s Centre for School Leadership

DES

Ireland’s Department of Education and Skills

ECEC

Early childhood education and care

ECTS

European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System

EGMA

Early Grade Mathematics Assessment

EGRA

Early Grade Reading Assessment

EMIS

Education Management Information System

ESCS

PISA index of economic, social and cultural status

EU

European Union

Eurostat

European Statistical Office

GDP

Gross domestic product

ICALT

International Comparative Analysis of Learning and Teaching

ICT

Information and communication technology

ID

Identity document

IES

Institutul de Științe ale Educației - Romania’s Institute of Educational Sciences

MESR

Ministerul Educației și Cercetării Științifice - Romania’s Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research

MoES

Министерство за образование и наука - Ministry of Education and Science

MOS

Московская онлайн школа - Moscow Online School

MQF

Mакедонската рамка за квалификации - Macedonian Qualification Framework

MTSP

Министерство за труд и социјална политика - Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

NAK

Nacionalno ocenjevanje znanja - Slovenia’s National assessment of Knowledge

NEC

Државен испитен центарl - National Education Centre

NEET

Not in employment, education or training

NGO

Non-governmental organisations

PIRLS

Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

PISA

OECD Programme for International Student Assessment

PPP

Purchasing power parity

SEI

Државниот просветен инспекторат - State Education Inspectorate

SEN

Special Education Needs

SPQI

School Performance Quality Indicators

SSO

Државен завод за статистика - State Statistical Office

TIMSS

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USD

United States dollars

VET

Vocational Education and Training

VETC

Центар за стручно образование и обука - Vocational Education and Training Centre

ZELS

ЗЕЛС - Association of the Units of the Local Self-Government