The OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) is the outcome of a collaboration among the participating countries and economies, the OECD Secretariat, the European Commission and an international consortium led by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).
The development of this volume was guided by Andreas Schleicher and Yuri Belfali and led by Karine Tremblay (TALIS Project Manager). Pablo Fraser managed its production, with contributions from Emily Groves and Florence Bernard, as well as earlier input from Noémie Le Donné. Chapter 1 was authored by Karine Tremblay, with support from Aakriti Kalra and Pablo Fraser. Pablo Fraser was the lead author of Chapters 2 and 5; Gabriele Marconi the lead author of Chapter 3; and Aakriti Kalra and Gabor Fülöp the lead authors of Chapter 4. Additional drafting and input to each of these chapters was provided by Zsuzsa Bakk, Yuri Belfali, Maxence Castiello, Noémie Le Donné, Massimo Loi, Henri Pearson and Andreas Schleicher, as well as by chapter lead authors. Statistical analyses and outputs were co-ordinated by Gabor Fülöp and prepared by Maxence Castiello, Gabor Fülöp, Massimo Loi and Gabriele Marconi. Valentin Burban, Hélène Guillou, Judit Pál and Markus Schwabe contributed to the development of the infrastructure and coding for TALIS 2018 statistical outputs.
Emily Groves supported report preparation and production of the English version, project co-ordination and communications. Florence Bernard provided translation co-ordination and verification, as well as report preparation and production and communications support for the French version. Cassandra Davis, Sophie Limoges and Henri Pearson provided support for report production and communications. Susan Copeland was the main editor of the volume, with contributions from Florence Bernard, Emily Groves and Henri Pearson. Fung Kwan Tam designed the publication. The authors wish to thank Francesco Avvisati, Ralph Carstens, Miyako Ikeda, Steffen Knoll, Heather Price and Nadine Twele, as well as members of the TALIS Governing Board and National Project Managers, who all provided valuable feedback and input at various stages of the data and report production. The development of the report was steered by the TALIS Governing Board, chaired by João Costa (Portugal).
The technical implementation of TALIS was contracted out to an international consortium of institutions and experts co-directed by Ralph Carstens (IEA) and Steffen Knoll (IEA), with support from Alena Becker, Viktoria Böhm, Juliane Kobelt, Christine Busch, Agnes Stancel-Piątak, Ann-Kristin Koop, David Ebbs, Jean Dumais and John Ainley. Design and development of the questionnaires were led by a Questionnaire Expert Group, and an independent Technical Advisory Group provided guidance on the technical aspects of the survey.
Annex D of this volume lists the members of various TALIS bodies, as well as the experts who have contributed to TALIS in general. We would like to gratefully acknowledge the contribution to TALIS of the late Fons van de Vijver, who was Chair of the Technical Advisory Group and an advisor to TALIS since the first cycle in 2008.