INVALSI - National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education and Training System

The National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education and Training System (INVALSI) is a public research institution having full statutory, regulatory, administrative, accounting, patrimonial and financial autonomy pursuant to the Italian Constitution, under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, University and Research.
INVALSI is part of the National Evaluation of the Education and Training System (SNV). It promotes the improvement of educational levels as well as of the human capital quality through research on educational systems, policies and practices, through the deployment of tools to measure the students’ learning outcomes and skills and through the quality assessment of schools that INVALSI coordinates within the SNV. INVALSI also contributes to the growth and development of the educational system, which is the driving force of the economic development of the country and of the promotion of social equality according to national, European and international goals.