Surette van Staden holds a PhD in Assessment and Quality Assurance in Education since 2011. She worked at the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) at the Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria in South Africa where she was director since January 2018. She is the National Research Coordinator for the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2021, and served on the PIRLS 2021 Questionnaire Development Group (QDG) appointed by the International Association for the Evaluation of Education Achievement (IEA). She is the associate editor for Reading and Writing, a journal which is housed by the Literacy Association of South Africa (LITASA). She holds National Research Foundation C1 rating, has published in numerous national and international journals on topics of international large scale assessment using PIRLS data, formative assessment and factors that predict success in early school years. Surette supervised a number of Phd and MEd students to completion of their studies and presented her work in South Africa and internationally to a wide range of audiences.
