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PIAAC: Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies - NL

open access: yes, 2015
Nederlands databestand van het PIAAC-project: internationaal OECD-onderzoek naar kennis en vaardigheden (taalvaardigheid, rekenvaardigheid en probleemoplossend vermogen in digitale omgevingen) van volwassenen (16-65 jaar).
Buisman, Msc. M. (Expertisecentrum Beroepsonderwijs (ecbo))   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Building a Unified Tertiary Education System: Trends and Propositions to Provoke Discussion

open access: yesNew Directions for Community Colleges, Volume 2025, Issue 211, Page 63-70, Fall 2025.
ABSTRACT This article discusses some of the macro‐trends impacting and changing the post‐secondary or tertiary education landscape across Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) countries. It argues that ongoing geopolitical and geo‐economic shifts, demographic transitions, and an ageing population, technological and digital ...
Ellen Hazelkorn
wiley   +1 more source

Skills, Economic Crises and the Labour Market*

open access: yesEconomic Record, Volume 101, Issue 334, Page 301-322, September 2025.
Do higher skills help mitigate the negative impact of economic crises? We study the effect of two major economic setbacks—the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2007–09 and the COVID‐19 period from early 2020—on wage progression for New Zealanders with different skill levels. For our analysis, we link the PIAAC survey data on literacy and numeracy skills
Kabir Dasgupta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The place of social cohesion in policy design: Lessons from the evolution of pension policy instruments mix in OECD countries

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 681-700, August 2025.
Abstract OECD countries are grappling with a policy design dilemma, as they strive to balance fiscal sustainability with the increasing demands on the welfare state. This study introduces a new perspective on policy design that integrates the two elements of “social cohesion,” comprising government trust and civic engagement.
Jiwon Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Updating the adult and literacy life skills survey: estimating change in skills distribution since 2006 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper firstly estimates the effect of population changes since 2006 on the skills distribution of the population. Secondly, the paper estimates the reach of adult literacy and numeracy programmes by skills levels in the adult population.
David Earle
core  

The Role of Primary Literacy Education in Students' Educational Trajectories in Secondary School: A Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesReading Research Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 3, July/September 2025.
ABSTRACT In consideration of the international landscape relating to pathways to higher education and college admissions systems, an increased focus has been placed on college readiness within the discourse pertaining to this area in recent years. Academic success in secondary school is critical for college readiness and progression to higher education,
Aoife Joy Keogh, Deirdre McGillicuddy
wiley   +1 more source

Adult Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills: An Overview of Existing PIAAC Data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
As of summer 2019, more than 60 PIAAC datasets from participating countries worldwide were available for research purposes. These datasets can be differentiated, for example, in terms of their accessibility, the extent of the information provided, the ...
Maehler, Débora B.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

PIAAC and PISA: pedagogically paradoxical parallels [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Das "Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies" (PIAAC) ist ein weiterer Mosaikstein, der Entwicklungen im deutschen Bildungswesen auch jenseits der PISA-Altersgruppe der 15-Jährigen für die 16- bis 65-Jährigen empirisch abbildet ...
Cortina, Kai S.
core   +1 more source

PIAAC SEM Workshop 2022

open access: yes, 2022
This project contains the material to supplement the PIAAC pre-conference workshop in 2022 (https://www.gesis.org/en/piaac/conference/programme). Topics are: (a) Principles of structural equation modelling and the complexities of the PIAAC data (b ...
Ronny Scherer, Tony Tan
core   +1 more source

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), Germany - Extended Version – Regional Data

open access: yes, 2016
This data file contains regional data that could not be included in the regular PIAAC Scientific Use File (SUF) (ZA5845) because of data protection concerns (data access via the Secure Data Center in Cologne).
Massing, Natascha   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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