ILSA-Gateway: PIAAC Cycle 1 ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

PIAAC 2nd Cycle

The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) measures adults’ proficiency in key cognitive and workplace areas, i.e., literacy, numeracy, and problem solving. PIAAC 2nd Cycle is taking place from 2018-2024 with the participation of over 30 countries and economies. The first round of data collection will take place in 2022-2023, and the results will be published in 2024. We have recently published the Fact Sheet and Framework pages.

PIAAC 2nd Cycle

New PIAAC Bibliography Released

Publications

The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) bibliography provides an outline of the publications created since the conceptualization of the study in 2008. It comprises 793 publications and 75 data sets, including 14 technical documents.

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OECD Getting Skills Right Series: Continuing Education and Training in Germany

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Getting Skills Right is a series that examines how countries measure changing skill needs and how they develop skills that respond to labor market needs, and how they ensure that these skills are fully utilized by individuals and employers. Presenting both thematic reports on specific policies and issues and in-depth country reviews, this series offers countries the information and analysis they need to get skills right.

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Investing in Skills is Key to Success for Millions

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21st-century skills are increasingly important, what is not fully appreciated is the extent to which these skills rely upon strong foundational literacy and numeracy skills. Foundational cognitive skills are defined as to understand, use and interpret written and mathematical information. It is difficult to critically evaluate, problem-solve or analyze data without such skills. For young adults graduating from high school and college, it is typically assumed that they have acquired these foundational skills.

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Report on the Final Phase of the 1st Cycle of PIAAC Survey Released

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In the wake of the technological revolution that began in the last decades of the 20th century, labour market demand for information-processing and other high-level cognitive and interpersonal skills is growing substantially.

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The Skill Level of the Average College Graduate Varies Enormously Across Countries

Publications

In his article, Jason Richwine discusses, based on data from OECD's PIAAC data, that the skill level of college graduates differs across countries. He bases this observation on the indicators that immigrant college graduates in the US hold lower-skilled jobs than the native college graduates. This opinion is furthered by the observation that the immigrants are still lacking behind in poverty, welfare and income measures despite increasing numbers of immigrant college graduates.

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Higher Income May Prove Elusive for Many College Grads

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Educational Testing Service (ETS) in their article discuss the findings of a new study conducted by Neeta Fogg, Paul Harrington and Ishwar Khatiwada of Drexel University's Center for Labor Markets and Policy. This article expresses that the college graduates do not have the necessary skills to obtain a high earning job. with skills lacking in literacy and numeracy, specifically.

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Do Smarter Teachers Make Smarter Students?

Publications

Hanushek, Piopiunik and Wiederhold, in their article, explore the association of teacher's cognitive ability with student's performance. They use PISA and PIAAC studies to study the causal relationship. Furthermore, they examine how a smarter teacher workforce can be obtained given a relationship between the two exists.

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Newsletter: What's New in Large-Scale International Studies?

Newsletters

A project from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the American Institutes for Research (AIR), the International Activities Program (IAP) presents the semi-monthly newsletter “What's new in large-scale international studies?”

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PIAAC Cycle 1 ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

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