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Article: The skill level of the average college graduate varies enormously across countries

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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Article: 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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Workshop: Using the PIAAC databases for interdisciplinary research

Opportunities

Educational Testing Services (ETS), in collaboration with the American Institute of Research (AIR), are organizing training workshops for researchers working with the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) data.

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Call for papers: 6th PIAAC International Conference

Opportunities

The OECD is launching a call for papers, for its 6th PIAAC International Conference held in January 2020, on topics of economic, education, employment and social policy with relevance to PIAAC data.

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Article: Do smarter teachers make smarter students?

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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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