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braževanja. Bil je zaposlen v Centru za kontrolo kakovosti in preverjanje 
znanja pod okriljem Ministrstva za šolstvo, mlade in znanost v Bolgari­ ji, kjer je bil zadolžen za področje psihometrije in analiz nacionalnih pre­ verjanj znanj. Od leta 2008 je bil zaposlen v International Association for 
the Evaluation of Educational Achievement – Data Processing and Re­ search Centre (IEA­ DPC) v Hamburgu (Nemčija), kjer je bil zadnja tri 
leta namestnik vodje oddelka za raziskovanje in analize. Za tem se je pre­ selil v Slovenijo, kjer je zaposlen kot izvršni direktor International Educa­ tional Research and Evaluation Institute (INERI). Njegova raziskovalna 
področja so predvsem naslednja: bralna pismenost, matematična in nara­ voslovna pismenost, državljanska vzgoja, IKT v izobraževanju, metodolo­ gija mednarodnih raziskav znanja in mednarodnih primerjalnih študij ter 
psihometrija.
Plamen V. Mirazchiyski holds a master and PhD degrees in Social Pe­ dagogy and has a Bachelor‘s degree in Pre­ school and Primary Educati­ on. He was employed at the Center for Control and Assessment of the 
Quality in Education (CKOKO) at the Bulgarian Ministry of Educati­ on, Youth and Science (MEYS) where he was responsible for the psycho­ metrics and analysis of national studies in education. Since 2008 Plamen 
has been employed at the International Association for the Evaluation of 
Educational Achievement – Data Processing and Research Centre (IEA­ ­ DPC) in Hamburg (Germany), where he was the Deputy Head of the Re­ search and Analysis Unit for three years. Since July 2016, he has become 
the Chief Executive Officer the International Educational Research and 
Evaluation Institute (INERI). His main research interests are reading li­ teracy, mathematics and science education, civic and citizenship educati­ on, ICT in education, methodology of large­ scale assessments and psycho­ metrics.
Mojca Štraus
Mojca Štraus se raziskovalno ukvarja z mednarodnimi in nacionalni­ mi raziskavami različnih področij v izobraževanju in je vodila vrsto raz­ iskovalnih projektov. Trenutno je njena primarna naloga nacionalno ko­ ordinatorstvo raziskave PISA na Pedagoškem inštitutu in predstavljanje 
Slovenije v Mednarodnem svetu PISA. Njeno raziskovalno delo je poleg 
raziskovanja šolskega polja usmerjeno v teoretično in praktično obravna­ vo različnih statističnih pristopov pri analizi podatkov mednarodnih raz­ iskav v izobraževanju. 
Mojca Štraus is a researcher in international and national studies of diffe­ rent areas in education and served as the leader of many research projects 
at the Educational Research Institute. Currently her main task is the coor­

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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