Australian Council for Educational Research

test in a specific field or subject, e.g. mathematics or reading

Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo
(in English: Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation)

Agence Française de Développement
(in English: French Agency of Development)

acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

summary data tables with descriptive statistics for background and assessment items, also known as compendia; they are included with the international databases and provide pre-calculated descriptive statistics for the purposes of quality control, data verification, and the formulation of hypotheses

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

a test (paper, electronic, or online format) for gaining information about an individual’s knowledge, skills, or understandings in a subject area or domain of interest

the areas in which an (achievement or development) test is undertaken in a study, e.g., information literacy, mathematics, motor skills, language, or science

discusses and outlines what a study is intended to measure; provides a shared vocabulary and a set of constructs; helps to ensure the long-term consistency of assessment instruments; in ILSAs, framework development typically is an iterative process realized by a group of experts with different backgrounds