This publication was planned and developed by the OECD’s Strengthening the Impact of Education Research project team – Nóra Révai (project leader), José Manuel Torres, Jordan Hill, Mykolas Steponavičius, Victoria Liberatore and Aurelija Masiulytė. We would like to acknowledge the essential contribution of Tracey Burns, whose role in launching the project, building the network of experts and providing feedback was invaluable.
This publication would also not have been possible without the key contributions of renowned experts, who are supporting the project.
Firstly, we would like to express our immense gratitude to all authors who contributed to the chapters in this publication (in order of their chapters): Tracey Burns, Tom Schuller, Annette Boaz, Kathryn Oliver, Anna Numa Hopkins, David Gough, Jonathan Sharples, Chris Maidment, Gábor Halász, Mark Rickinson, Lucas Walsh, Joanne Gleeson, Blake Cutler, Connie Cirkony, Mandy Salisbury, John Bangs, Martin Henry, Emese K. Nagy, Tine S. Prøitz, Mark Schneider, Vivian Tseng, Dirk Van Damme and Makito Yurita.
Secondly, we would like to thank the Strengthening the Impact of Education Research project’s ‘‘Critical Friends’’, Annette Boaz, Mathias Bouckaert, Lucie Cerna, Stuart Elliott, Marc Fuster, Jonathan Sharples and Danielle Toon for their helpful feedback on drafts of various chapters.
We are grateful to all of the education systems that responded to the survey and for the encouragement and support of the CERI Governing Board in the development of the project and this volume.
Our special thanks also go to those working within the national administrations of Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia and South Africa who kindly gave their time to take part in follow-up interviews.
Additionally, we wish to thank our colleagues (past and present) in the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI). Matthew Gill, former project assistant, who made an enormous contribution to the early stages of the project. Hiroyoshi Hiratsuka and Sergio Hernandez Mendoza, former members of the project team, who contributed to developing the policy survey. Tia Loukkola, Head of Division, who provided oversight during the process and valuable feedback on the draft report.
Our thanks are extended to Clara Young, who edited the publication; Sophie Limoges for her unwavering support; and other colleagues on the Directorate for Education and Skills communications team and in the Public Affairs and Communications Directorate.