| AMP | Assessment Mentoring Program |
| CAT | Computer adaptive testing |
| EdStats | Education Information Portal |
| EMIS | Education Management Information System |
| ERC | Education Resource Centre |
| ESCS | PISA index of economic, social and cultural status |
| EU | European Union |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GEL | Georgian lari |
| GPRA | Government Performance and Results Act |
| G-PriEd | Georgia Primary Education Project |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| IEA | International Association for Evaluation of Educational Achievement |
| ITE | Initial teacher preparation |
| MAP | Measure of Academic Progress |
| MBT | Mentoring Beginning Teachers |
| MCC | Millennium Challenge Corporation |
| MICS | Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys |
| MoESCS | Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport |
| NAEC | National Assessment and Examinations Centre |
| NCEQE | National Centre for Education Quality Enhancement |
| NGOs | Non-governmental organisations |
| NRO | Netherlands Initiative for Education Research |
| NWO | Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research |
| PIRLS | Progress in International Reading Literacy Study |
| PISA | OECD Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| PST | Professional Support Teams |
| SABER | Systems Approach for Better Education Results |
| SEN | Special Education Needs |
| SGE | Secondary Graduation Examination |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics |
| TALIS | Teacher and Learning International Survey |
| TIMSS | Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study |
| TPDC | Teacher Professional Development Centre |
| UEE | Unified Entry Examination |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USD | United States dollars |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |