An ISI committee was established in 1994 to stimulate the spread of quantitative skills around the world in areas and populations (especially in developing countries and among the young) that could benefit from increased knowledge of numbers and their applications, with particular regard to statistics. The committee was known at the World Numeracy Program Advisory Committee and was chaired by Prof. Luigi Biggeri (Italy).

In September 2000, the ISI President invited this program to come under the umbrella of the IASE. Carol Joyce Blumberg (USA), one of the Vice Presidents of IASE, took over as chair in July 2001.

In the ISLP meeting at ICOTS-6 in Bahia, Brasil, 2006, the decision was made to change the title of the person responsible for managing the ISLP to Director of the ISLP. A search committee was appointed to find a new Director that would replace Carol Blumberg, who moved from Winona State to a new job with the US Government. The result of this search, opened to all members of the IASE, resulted in Juana Sanchez (USA) being appointed as new Director of the ISLP for the term Jan 2007-Dec 2010.

PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER 1994 TO FEBRUARY 1996

PERIOD OF MARCH 1996 TO DECEMBER 1997

PERIOD OF JANUARY 1998 TO DECEMBER 1999

PERIOD OF JANUARY 2000 TO JUNE 2001

PERIOD OF JULY 2001 TO JANUARY 2003

PERIOD OF JANUARY 2003- NOVEMBER 2006

Period 2007

Period 2008

Period 2009

ISLP Advisory Committee in 2008 - 2009