Education Indicators in Canada: Handbook for the Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program March 2024
Acronyms and abbreviations

ASETS
Access and Support to Education and Training Survey
AUS
Australia
AUT
Austria
BEL
Flanders (Belgium)
BHASE
business, humanities, health, arts, social science, and education fields
BTSD
Basic training for skill development
CANSIM
Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System
CAUBO
Canadian Association of University Business Officers
CCSIS
Community College Student Information System
CEGEP
Collège d’enseignement général et professionnel
CCES
Canadian Centre for Education Statistics
CESC
Canadian Education Statistics Council
CFI
Canada Foundation for Innovation
CHL
Chile
CIHR
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
CIP
Classification of Instructional Programs
CMA
Census metropolitan area
CMEC
Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
CPI
Consumer Price Index
CV
coefficient of variation
CZE
Czech Republic
DEU
Germany
DNK
Denmark
EAG
Education at a Glance
ELMLP
Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform
ENG
England (UK)
ESDC
Employment and Social Development Canada
ESES
Elementary-Secondary Education Survey (formerly ESESP - Elementary-Secondary Education Statistics Project)
ESP
Spain
EST
Estonia
FEDEX
Survey of Federal Government Expenditures in Support of Education
FIN
Finland
FINCOL
Financial Statistics of Community Colleges and Vocational Schools
FINESS
Financial Information of Elementary and Secondary Schools
FINUNI
Financial Information of Universities Survey
FOG
Follow-up Survey of Graduates
FRA
France
FTE
Full-time equivalent
GBR
England (UK)
GBR-NIR
Northern Ireland (UK)
GDP
Gross domestic product
GED
General education diploma
GERD
Gross domestic expenditures on research and development
GRC
Greece
HRSDC
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
IALSS
International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey
ICT
information and communication technologies
IDN-JAK
Jakarta (Indonesia)
IEA
International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
ILO
International Labour Organization
INAC
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
INES
Indicators of Educational Systems
IRL
Ireland
ISCED
International Standard Classification of Education
ISR
Israel
ITA
Italy
JPN
Japan
JRT
Job readiness training
KOR
Korea
LFS
Labour Force Survey
LICO
Low-income cutoff
LTU
Lithuania
NDL
Northern Distance Learning
NDM
New Dissemination Model
NEET
not in employment, not in education (or training)
NGS
National Graduates Survey
NHS
National Household Survey
NLD
Netherlands
NLSCY
National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
NOR
Norway
NSERC
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
NZL
New Zealand
OAC
Ontario Academic Credits
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PCAP
Pan-Canadian Assessment Program
PCEIP
Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program
PIAAC
Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies
PIRLS
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
PISA
Programme for International Student Assessment
POL
Poland
PPPs
purchasing power parities
PPVT-R
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised
PSIS
Postsecondary Student Information System
PS-TRE
problem solving in technology-rich environments
R&D
Research and development
RAIS
Registered Apprenticeship Information System
RUS
Russian Federation
SAIP
School Achievement Indicators Program
SCF
Survey of Consumer Finances
SCI
Survey of Colleges and Institutes
SDG
Sustainable Development Goal
SGP
Singapore
SHS
Survey of Household Spending
SLID
Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics
SSGS
Secondary School Graduates Survey
SSHRC
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
STEM
Science, technology, engineering, and math and computer science fields
SVK
Slovak Republic
SVN
Slovenia
SWE
Sweden
TALIS
Teaching and Learning International Survey
TLAC
Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs for Full-time Students at Canadian Degree-granting Institutions
TUR
Türkiye
UCASS
University and College Academic Staff System
UKM
United Kingdom
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UOE
UNESCO/OECD/Eurostat data collection
USA
United States
USIS
University Student Information System
YITS
Youth in Transition Survey

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