| AEE | External School Evaluation (Avaliação Externa de Escolas, Portugal) |
| AEQES | Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Agence pour l’Évaluation de la Qualité de l’Enseignement Supérieur, French Community of Belgium) |
| AIKA | Quality Agency for Higher Education (Augstākās izglītības kvalitātes aģentūra, Latvia) |
| BMBF | Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Germany) |
| CEUVIZ | Central Register of Participants in Education Institutions (Centralna evidenca udeležencev vzgoje in izobraževanja, Slovenia) |
| CMEC | Council of Ministers of Education (Canada) |
| CNE | National Education Council (Conselho Nacional de Educação, Portugal) |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments (Australia) |
| CSG | Canada Student Grant (Canada) |
| ČŠI | Czech School Inspectorate (České školní inspekce, Czech Republic) |
| CSLP | Canada Student Loans Program (Canada) |
| DEIS | Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (Ireland) |
| DfE | Department for Education (United Kingdom) |
| DSG | Dedicated Schools Grant (England, United Kingdom) |
| ECEC | Early Childhood Education and Care |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| ENQA | European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education |
| EQF | European Qualifications Framework |
| ESF | European Social Fund |
| eVŠ | Records and Analytical Information System for higher education in the Republic of Slovenia (Evidenčni in analitski informacijski system visokega šolstva v Sloveniji, Slovenia) |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| HEI | Higher education institution |
| ICT | Information and communications technology |
| KMK | Standing Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (Kultusministerkonferenz, Germany) |
| MEXT | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (文部科学省, Japan) |
| MEYS | Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy České republiky, Czech Republic) |
| MINEDU | Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport (Ministerstvo školstva, vedy, výskumu a športu SR, Slovak Republic) |
| NAPLAN | National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (Australia) |
| NCEA | National Certificate of Educational Achievement (New Zealand) |
| NHEP | National Higher Education Programme (Resolucija o Nacionalnem programu visokega šolstva, Slovenia) |
| NTIP | New Teacher Induction Program (Ontario, Canada) |
| NVAO | Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organisation (Nederlands Vlaamse Accreditatie Organisatie, Flemish Community of Belgium) |
| PCAP | Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (Canada) |
| PIAAC | Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies/Survey of Adult Skills |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PLANEA | National Plan for Learning Assessment (Plan Nacional para la Evaluación de los Aprendizajes, Mexico) |
| PNPSE | Promotion of School Success (Programa Nacional de Promoção do Sucesso Escolar, Portugal) |
| R&D | Research and development |
| REP | Priority Education Networks (Réseaux d'éducation prioritaire, France) |
| REP+ | Enhanced Priority Education Networks (Réseaux d'éducation prioritaire renforcés, France) |
| RIC | Regional Improvement Collaborative (Scotland, United Kingdom) |
| SAC | National System for Quality Assurance of Early Childhood, Basic and Upper Secondary Education (Sistema Nacional de Aseguramiento de la Calidad de la Educación Parvularia, Básica y Media, Chile) |
| SEP | Secretariat of Public Education (Secretaría de Educación Pública, Mexico) |
| SLE | Local Education Services (Servicios Locales de Educación, Chile) |
| SQA | National Quality Assurance System for General Education (Schulqualität Allgemeinbildung, Austria) |
| SRS | Schooling Resource Standard (Australia) |
| SSC | State Services Commission (New Zealand) |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| TALIS | Teaching and Learning International Survey |
| TEF | Teaching Excellence Framework (New Zealand) |
| TEMAG | Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group (Australia) |
| TEO | Tertiary Education Organisation (New Zealand) |
| TEQSA | Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Australia) |
| TES | Tertiary Education Strategy (New Zealand) |
| TFA | Teach For Australia (Australia) |
| TSV | Turkey’s Strategic Vision 2023 (Türkiye'nin Stratejik Vizyonu 2023 Projesi, Turkey) |
| TTÜ | Tallinn University of Technology (Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, Estonia) |
| TUBITAK | Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, Turkey) |
| UAS | Universities of Applied Sciences (Ammattikorkeakoulut, Finland) |
| UNT | Unified National Testing (Единое национальное тестирование, Kazakhstan) |
| UT | University of Tartu (Tartu Ülikool, Estonia) |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |
| WBL | Work-based learning |
| YÖK | Council of Higher Education (Yükseköğretim Kurulu, Turkey) |
Education Policy Outlook 2019
Working Together to Help Students Achieve their Potential
