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Alejandro Tiana Ferrer
Government of Spain
Education Secretary of State
Description
Alejandro Tiana Ferrer (Madrid, 1951; Ph.D. Pedagogy, Complutense University Madrid, 1985) is Professor of Theory and History of Education at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED, Spain). He currently is Secretary of State for Education at the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training of Spain. He has served as rector of UNED (2013-2018), Director General of the Center for Advanced Studies at the Ibero-American States Organization for Education, Science and Culture (OEI, 2008-2012), Secretary General of Education at the Ministry of Education and Science of Spain (2004-2008), Chair of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA, 1999-2004), President of the Governing Board of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI-OECD, 1996) and President of the Consortium of Institu¬tions for Development and Research in Education in Europe (CIDREE, 1993-1994). He has authored or coauthored 25 books and more than 200 chapters or articles about several issues related to the history of education systems, educational policy, comparative education and the evaluation of education systems. He has advised several international organizations such as the World Bank, the IDB, UNESCO, ALECSO and OEI.
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