| ABRACOM | Brazilian Association of Municipal Courts of Accounts |
| ACA | Austrian Court of Audit |
| ACAG | Australasian Council of Auditors-General |
| ADE | Education Development Arrangements |
| AFROSAI-E | African Organisation of English-speaking Supreme Audit Institutions |
| ANA | National Assessment of Literacy |
| ASF | Supreme Audit Institution of Mexico |
| ATRICON | Association of the Members of the Brazilian Courts of Accounts |
| BNCC | National Common Curricular Basis |
| BRL | Brazilian real |
| CAQ | Cost Pupil Quality Index |
| CNE | National Education Council |
| CNJ | National Council of Justice |
| CNMP | National Council of the Public Prosecutors |
| CONACI | National Council of Internal Control |
| CONAE | National Education Conference |
| COPEM | Co-ordination of Cooperation with Municipalities |
| CREDE | Regional Education Development Co-ordinators |
| CRTC | Regional and Territorial Chambers of Accounts of France |
| DNB | De Nederlandsche Bank |
| DRE | Regional Education Boards |
| ENEM | National Secondary Education Examination |
| EUROSTAT | European Statistics |
| FNDE | Fund for the Development of Education |
| FNE | National Education Forum |
| FPE | State Participation Fund |
| FPM | Municipality Participation Fund |
| FTA | Fault Tree Analysis |
| FUNDEB | Fund for the Development of Basic Education and Appreciation of Teachers |
| FUNDEF | Fund for the Development of Primary Education and Appreciation of Teachers |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| IBGE | Brazilian National Statistical Office |
| ICMS | Brazilian Value-Added Tax |
| IDEB | Basic Education Development Index |
| IDHM | Municipal Human Development Index |
| IEGE | State Management Efficiency Index |
| IEGM | Municipal Management Efficiency Index |
| INDICON | National Network of Public Indicators |
| INEP | National Institute for Educational Studies and Research |
| INFOCONTAS | National Strategic Information Network for the External Control |
| INTOSAI | International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions |
| IQE | Quality of Education Index |
| IRB | Rui Barbosa Institute |
| ISSAI | International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions |
| LDB | Law of Directives and Bases of National Education |
| LGSNA | General Act of the National Anti-corruption System of Mexico |
| MEC | Brazilian Ministry of Education |
| MLG | Multi-level Governance |
| NAO | National Audit Office of the United Kingdom |
| NCA | Netherlands Court of Audit |
| NRA | National Risk Atlas of Mexico |
| OAG | Office of the Auditor General of Canada |
| OCEXs | External Control Bodies of the Autonomous Communities of Spain |
| PAIC | Literacy at the Right Age Programme |
| PAR | Co-ordinated Action Plan |
| PDDE | Direct Money at School Programme |
| PISA | OECD Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PNAE | National Programme of School Meals |
| PNATE | National Programme to Support School Transportation |
| PNDR | National Policy for Regional Development |
| PNE | National Education Plan |
| PNLD | National Programme of Textbooks |
| PROMOEX | Programme for the Modernisation of the External Control System |
| SAEB | Evaluation System for Basic Education |
| SAI | Supreme Audit Institution |
| SecexEducação | TCU Education Secretariat |
| SFP | Ministry of Public Administration of Mexico |
| SIGEN | Comptroller General of Argentina |
| SIOPE | Educational Public Budget Information System |
| SNE | National Education System |
| SNF | National Auditing System in Mexico |
| SSG | Strategic Scrutiny Group of Scotland |
| TCE | Brazilian State Courts of Accounts |
| TCM | Brazilian Municipal Court of Accounts |
| TCU | Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts |
| UNDIME | National Union of Municipal Education Managers |
Auditing Decentralised Policies in Brazil
Collaborative and Evidence-Based Approaches for Better Outcomes
