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OECD Publishing, 2014
The Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will establish technical standards and guidelines to ensure that the survey design and implementation processes of PIAAC yield high-quality and internationally comparable data. This document provides a revised version of the technical standards and guidelines originally…
Descriptors: Adults, International Assessment, Adult Literacy, Competence
Mackay, Sandra; Burgoyne, Ursula; Warwick, Diane – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2006
This report comprises a literature review whose purpose is to contextualize current language, literacy and numeracy delivery in Australia, in order to provide a framework for consideration of the current and future professional development needs of the language, literacy and numeracy teaching workforce. The information derived from this literature…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Adult Vocational Education, Numeracy, Literacy
McKeag, Janis; Todd, Laurie – 1993
The Environmental Improvement Project at Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting in Flin Flon, Manitoba, presented a unique opportunity for field observation and assessment. Field observation of the approximately 70 carpenters employed with various companies provided information on the types of communication used and the circumstances in which the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Building Trades, Carpentry