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How Public Media and Governments Co-Construct the Adult Skills Agenda. The OECD's Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies in Italian and Danish Newspapers
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Rasmussen, Palle; Milana, Marcella; Vatrella, Sandra; Larson, Anne – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2022
The 'Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies' (PIAAC), developed and managed by the OECD, is an important source of knowledge about adult skills as well as an intervention in the field of education policy. One level of the intervention is the presence of PIAAC results in public media and debate. This article presents a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Mass Media, Intervention
Comparison of PISA and PIAAC Participants' Reading Habits and Strategies in Terms of Reading Achievement
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Yalçin, Seher; Bayraktar, Aysegül – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2021
This study aimed to compare reading strategies and habits regarding reading achievement of selected age-group participants from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 and the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2015 within Turkey. A cohort design was utilized because it was assumed that reading literacy…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
The Immigration-Skill Nexus: Similarities and Differences among the Nordic Countries
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Lind, Patrik; Mellander, Erik – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
We examine if the OECD survey of adult skills, PIAAC, can provide information about the relative quality of education and training in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. We find that the average population scores are inappropriate while the mean scores of natives well approximate the skills of individuals that had the chance to attend the…
Descriptors: Scores, Problem Solving, Information Technology, Immigrants
Other Things Being Equal: Comparing Literacies in the Czech and Slovak Republics
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Strakova, Jana; Vesely, Arnost – Comparative Education Review, 2019
Large-scale international assessments, such as PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies) or PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), have heightened interest in the comparative analysis of factors influencing the formation of skills and their change over time. However, such comparison has been hindered…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Adults