ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

that it tries to convey is the work of many. Firstly, we would like to acknowledge the efforts of national teams who took part in the process. Ministry of Education staff, university academicians, researchers and UNICEF staff all worked together to develop tools, to collect tests from children, to gather information on schools and students and to carry out analysis and reporting. In total, nine countries carried out the pilot process of conducting exams based on SOLO Taxonomy and collected questionnaire data from at least 20 schools. These countries are China, Democrati