Dr Surette van Staden has been working at the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) at the Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria over the last ten years and currently holds a position at the faculty in the department of Maths, Science and Technology Education. Since December 2019, she has been appointed as director for the CEA. She is the National Research Coordinator for the PIRLS 2021 study, and is the associate editor for Reading and Writing, a journal which is housed by the Literacy Association of South Africa (LITASA).