This report is the product of a collaborative effort between the countries and economies participating in PISA, the national and international experts and institutions working within the framework of the PISA Consortium, and the OECD Secretariat.
The development of this volume was guided by Andreas Schleicher and Yuri Belfali and managed by Miyako Ikeda. This volume was drafted by Alfonso Echazarra, Judit Pál and Hélène Guillou, and edited by Marilyn Achiron. Rebecca Tessier co-ordinated production with Alison Burke’s support and Fung Kwan Tam designed the publication. Juliet Evans and Julia Himstedt provided communication support. Administrative support was provided by Thomas Marwood and Hanna Varkki. This volume also benefitted from the input and expertise of many more OECD staff members who worked on PISA 2018 at various stages of the project. Their names are listed in Annex C of this volume. Many reviewers provided feedback on earlier chapter drafts; their help in improving this volume is gratefully acknowledged.
To support the technical implementation of PISA, the OECD contracted an international consortium of institutions and experts, led by Irwin Kirsch at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Overall co-ordination of the PISA 2018 assessment, the development of instruments, and scaling and analysis were managed by Claudia Tamassia at ETS. The development of the reading and questionniares frameworks was facilitated by Pearson, led by John de Jong, Peter Foltz and Christine Rozunick. Sampling and weighting services were provided by Westat, led by Keith Rust. Linguistic Quality Control and the development of the French source version were under the responsibility of cApStAn, led by Steve Dept.
Jean François Rouet chaired the expert group that guided the preparation of the reading assessment framework and instruments. This group included Paul van den Broek, Kevin Kien Hoa Chung, Dominique Lafontaine, John Sabatini, Sascha Schroeder and Sari Sulkunen. Fons J. R. van de Vijver chaired the expert group that guided the preparation of the questionnaire framework and instruments. This group included Dominique Lafontaine, David Kaplan, Sarah Howie, Andrew Elliot and Therese Hopfenbeck. Keith Rust chaired the Technical Advisory Group, whose members include Theo Eggen, John de Jong, Jean Dumais, Cees Glas, David Kaplan, Kit-Tai Hau, Irwin Kirsch, Oliver Lüdtke, Christian Monseur, Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, Thierry Rocher, Leslie A. Rutkowski, Matthias von Davier, Margaret Wu and Kentaro Yamamoto.
The development of the report was steered by the PISA Governing Board, chaired by Michele Bruniges (Australia), with Peggy Carr (United States), Jimin Cho (Korea) and Carmen Tovar Sánchez (Spain) as vice chairs. Annex C of this volume lists the members of the various PISA bodies, including Governing Board members and National Project Managers in participating countries and economies, the PISA Consortium, and the individual experts and consultants who have contributed to PISA 2018.