computer-based assessment

confirmatory factor analysis

Civic Education Study

the list of variables in a database with their corresponding labels, locations, and formatting characteristics

Conférence des Ministres de l’Education des Etats et Gouvernements de la Francophonie
(in English: Conference of Ministers of Education in French-Speaking Countries); conducts the ILSA titled “PASEC”

for any specific ILSA, the participating countries as reported (and defined) in the published study documents

coronavirus disease

collaborative problem solving

some studies are repeated at various intervals; a cycle refers to one application of the study; e.g., TIMSS 2011 was the fifth cycle of TIMSS, and TIMSS 2015 was the sixth cycle