authors ■ avtorji 251 dination of the PISA study at the national level and representation of Slo­ venia in the PISA Governing Board. In addition to research in education, her research work focuses on statistical approaches to analyzing the data from international large­ scale assessments. Tina Rutar Leban Tina Rutar Leban se raziskovalno ukvarja z evalvacijskimi raziskavami ter z drugimi nacionalnimi in mednarodnimi študijami ter projekti, ki se osredotočajo na predšolsko ter šolsko izobraževanje. Trenutno sodeluje v mednarodnem projektu, ki se osredotoča na analizo ter spodbujanje dife­ renciacije pouka v osnovni šoli. Tina Rutar Leban is a researcher in evaluation studies and other national and international studies and projects that focus on pre­ school and school education. Currently she is participating in an international project, whi­ ch focuses on analyzing and promoting the differentiation of instructions in primary school. Barbara Neža Brečko Dr. Barbara Neža Brečko je zaposlena kot raziskovalka na Fakulteti za družbene vede Univerze v Ljubljani, na Centru za družboslovno informa­ tiko, kjer sodeluje pri nacionalnih in mednarodnih študijah predvsem s področja informacijske družbe in izobraževanja. Njeno interesno področ­ je je metodologija raziskovanja, pri čemer se osredotoča predvsem na razi­ skovanje v izobraževanju, uporabo informacijsko­ komunikacijske tehno­ logije in merjenje digitalnih kompetenc. Barbara Neža Brečko holds a PhD in methodology, she works as a resear­ cher at Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Ljubljana in the Centre for social informatics. She participates in national and international stu­ dies in the field of social informatics and education. Her focus is on the methodology of research, especially in education, and the use of ICT and digital competence. Tanja Potočnik Mesarić Kot doktorantka na Fakulteti za družbene vede se avtorica ukvarja z zgo­ dovinskim razvojem univerze ter z njenim položajem v družbi nekoč in danes. Nasploh je njeno specialistično področje izobraževanje in prehod v zaposlitev, na katerem je objavila tudi več člankov. Zaposlena je na Bioteh­ niški fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani, članica MEKS in SKZ. As a doctoral student at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Tanja Potočnik Mesarić deals with the historical development of the university and its po­ sition in society in the past and present. In general, her scientific field en­ compasses education and transition into employment, in which she has