| ATAR | Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank |
| CET | Continuing Education and Training |
| CPD | Continuing Professional Development |
| CPU | Certification par unité (Unit-based qualification, French Community of Belgium) |
| DfE | Department for Education (United Kingdom) |
| ECEC | Early Childhood Education and Care |
| EDG | Izglītības attīstības pamatnostādnēm (Education Development Guidelines, Latvia) |
| ESL | Early School Leaving |
| EU | European Union |
| FINEEC | Kansallinen koulutuksen arviointikeskus (Finnish Education Evaluation Centre, Finland) |
| HEIs | Higher education institutions |
| HEPPP | Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Programme (Australia) |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| JMD | Jugend Migrations Dienste (Youth Migration Services, Germany) |
| JST | Japan Science and Technology Agency |
| LAC | Latin American and Caribbean |
| LMI | Labour market information |
| LMIC | Labour Market Information Council (Canada) |
| MC2 | Towards a Multi-campus Micro-credentials System project (Ireland) |
| MEXT | Monbu-kagaku-shō (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan) |
| NAE | Statens Skolverk (National Agency for Education, Sweden) |
| NEET | Not in Employment, Education, or Training |
| OSB | Organize Sanayi Bölgesi (Organised Industrial Zones, Turkey) |
| PIC | Plan d’investissement dans les compétences (Skills Investment Plan, France) |
| PEQ | Parcours d’Enseignement Qualifiant (Qualifying Education Pathway, French Community of Belgium) |
| PES | Public Employment Service |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| RMC | Regionaal Meld- en Coördinatiepunt (Regional Registration and Co-ordination Centre, Netherlands) |
| SAT | Sistema de Alerta Temprana (Early Warning System, Chile) |
| SECAM | Service de la scolarisation des enfants étrangers (Department for the Education of Foreign Children, Luxembourg) |
| SEN | Special Educational Needs |
| SIMPADE | Sistema de Información para el Monitoreo, Prevención y Análisis de la Deserción Escolar (Information System for the Monitoring, Prevention and Analysis of School Leaving, Colombia) |
| SFYS | School Focused Youth Service (Australia) |
| SPU | Štátny pedagogický ústav (National Institute of Education, Slovak Republic) |
| SSLP | Supports for Student Learning Program (Canada) |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics |
| TALIS | Teaching and Learning International Survey |
| TTL | Try, Test, and Learn Fund (Australia) |
| UAS | Universities of Applied Sciences |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |
Education Policy Outlook 2022
Transforming Pathways for Lifelong Learners