About FLIP+
We exist because good assessment should not have to be rebuilt from scratch — everywhere, every time.
FLIP+ is a non-profit, practitioner-led association of public education institutions committed to sharing knowledge, technology, and content in the service of better learning worldwide.
30+ members
Our story
A network dedicated to pedagogical innovation
The seed for FLIP+ was planted in 2017, when national assessment bodies from France, Luxembourg, Italy and Portugal — facing the same challenges in the shift from paper-based to digital assessment — decided to talk to each other rather than struggle separately.
That simple act of reaching out became the FLIP+ e-assessment community, formally launched as a non-profit association in June 2019. Brazil joined early. Other countries and institutions followed. Today, FLIP+ has over 30 institutional and individual members spanning five continents.
The name FLIP+ reflects those founding nations: France, Luxembourg, Italy and Portugal, the four countries whose collaboration started it all.
In 2023, this community took its biggest step yet: launching the FLIP+ Library, a shared open-source platform for collaborative assessment content. What began as a conversation became a global public good.
Our mission
To give education systems worldwide access to an international, open-source space for collaborating on high-quality assessment content — grounded in shared ownership, trust, and evidence.
What we do
FLIP+ is built around six core activities, all oriented toward the same goal: better assessment for every education system in the world.
Share knowledge and expertise
Bring together assessment professionals from public institutions worldwide to share experiences, innovations and solutions.
Build the FLIP+ Library
Develop and maintain a shared, open-source digital platform where validated assessment items are contributed, discovered and co-developed.
Support Working Groups
Facilitate active thematic Working Groups that produce real shared outputs — content, quality standards, technical tools and AI guidelines.
Organise events and webinars
Connect the community through an annual in-person event and a year-round webinar series.
Promote equity and inclusion
Ensure that high-quality assessment is accessible to all education systems regardless of budget.
Advance responsible innovation
Stay at the forefront of digital assessment innovation — including the responsible use of AI — always with human judgment at the centre.
What we stand up for
Our values
Non-commercial, public-good ethos
We are not-for-profit by design. Everything we build is reinvested into the mission.
Equity and inclusion
Our governance and access models are designed to ensure that lower-income education systems are never pushed to the margins.
Governance simplicity
We are a small consortium with a big ambition. We keep our structures transparent and manageable.
Protection from lock-in
We use open standards. We avoid dependency on single vendors. The Library belongs to the community — always.
Governance
FLIP+ is governed by its Steering Committee and managed by the FLIP+ Secretariat, coordinated from Luxembourg.
Board
President
Thierry Rocher
DEPP, France
Executive strategy & project executive
Amina Afif
Luxembourg
Treasurer
Per-Kristian Larsen-Evyen
NDET, Norway
Steering Committee members
Thierry Rocher
DEPP, France
Per-Kristian Larsen-Evyen
NDET, Norway
Amina Afif
Luxembourg
Roberto Ricci
INVALSI, Italy
Carlos Palacios
CAEd, Brazil
Asta Ranonytė
National Agency for Education (NAE), Lithuania
Helder Sousa
Portugal
Working Groups coordinators
AI WORKING GROUP
Cesar Pedrosa Soares
CAEd/UFJF, Brazil
DEV WORKING GROUP
Daniel Correa
CAEd/UFJF, Brazil
A&I WORKING GROUP
Elodie Persem
DEPP, France
ENGLISH WORKING GROUP
Alberto Diaz-Roncero Canales
INEE, Spain
MATHS WORKING GROUP
Ieva Kiliene
NAE, Lithuania
PSY & IRT WORKING GROUP
Ga Young Yoon
NDET, Norway
Ministry of Education — DEPP
France
INVALSI
Italy
CAEd — Centro de Políticas Públicas e Avaliação da Educação
Brazil
Educational Research Centre — ERC
Ireland
National Foundation for Educational Research — NFER
United Kingdom
National Assessment and Exam Centre — NAEC
Georgia
UNESCO Institute for Statistics — UIS
Canada / International
CITO Foundation
Netherlands
IEA
Netherlands
Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training — NDET
Norway
DIPF — Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
Germany
National Agency for Education
Lithuania
International Baccalaureate Organisation
International
Flemish Department for Education and Training
Belgium
Institute of National Evaluation of Education — INEE
Spain
Assessment and Qualifications Alliance — AQA
United Kingdom
Instance Nationale d'Evaluation — INE/CSEFRS
Morocco
Cambridge University Press and Assessment
United Kingdom
Service de la recherche en éducation — SRED, État de Genève
Switzerland
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland — SUPSI
Switzerland
Instituto de Avaliação Educativa — IAVE
Portugal
AlphaPlus
United Kingdom
Standards and Testing Agency
United Kingdom
Anand Karat
Canada
Bryan Maddox
United Kingdom
Steve Dept
Belgium
Mark Molenaar
Netherlands
Marc Oswald
Luxembourg
Patrick Plichart
Luxembourg
Amina Afif
Luxembourg
Helder de Sousa
Portugal
Charlotte Gill-Sotty
DEPP, France
François Cannes
DEPP, France
Our Working Groups
FLIP+ Working Groups are the practical engine of our community — bringing specialists together to produce real shared outputs, not just discussions.
Mathematics Content
Creates math assessment items for the Library. Emphasizes curriculum alignment, quality, and metadata. Developed the FLIP+ Library framework by comparing national assessments to the UNESCO Global Proficiency Framework.
English Content
Creates English assessment items and evaluates linguistic frameworks, linking them to UNESCO’s Global Proficiency Framework for Reading Literacy. This includes defining metadata tags and technical requirements.
FLIP+ Dev (Technology)
Maintains the open-source platform and manages code contributions and documentation. The Group oversees Google Workspace for all Working Groups and is developing a FLIP+ hub services vision for members, including capacity-building for development tools.
Psychometrics & IRT
Develops quality standards – the minimum psychometric criteria items should meet – and CTT and IRT frameworks, with quality properties that a
Accessibility & Inclusion
Defines accessibility and inclusion standards to meet diverse learner needs. Developing an “Accessibility Box” framework for item quality and building capacity to raise awareness that accessibility enhances library trustworthiness.
AI in Assessment
Covers responsible AI use in assessment development and quality assurance. Builds prototypes like a translation pipeline with agents and collaborates with FLIP+ Dev on hub services architecture.
Join FLIP+
Want to be part of the FLIP+ community?
Become a member and gain access to the FLIP+ Library, our Working Groups, events and a global network of assessment professionals.
Our events
Don’t miss our next webinars and annual event.
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9th FLIP+ Annual Event
Vilnius 2026
Three days of member presentations, Working Group showcases, and community building. Theme: Assessing Tomorrow’s Learning — Collaborative Innovation in Action. Hosted by the National Agency for Education of Lithuania.