PISA in Focus is a series of monthly education policy-oriented notes designed to describe a PISA topic in a concise, user-friendly way. The April issue points to key aspects to consider in providing students with needed opportunities to level the playing field for all students and achieve greater equity in education beyond the exigencies of the pandemic.

The World Education Research Association (WERA), the International Association for the Evaluation of the Educational Achievement (IEA), and the Research Center “Literacy in Diversity Settings (LiDS”) at the University of Hamburg (UHH), announce a new call for a visiting researcher award. This consists of visiting researchers developing their own research project while benefiting from the individual support of experts from partner institutes working in different fields related to large-scale international assessments, especially with a focus on diversity in education.

Within the framework of the UN Member States' 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this webinar conducted by the Center for Sustainable Futures (CSF) at Teachers College, Columbia University, will present a recently developed strategy for assessing two indicators that embody tolerance, respect and sustainable development.

The Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) and UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to prepare for the second cycle of SEA-PLM 2024 assessments.

The Special Issue of Methods in Psychology will focus on the theme of Advancing Methodological Boundaries by Innovation in the Pairing of Mixed Methods with Qualitative Methods and is accepting manuscripts.