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Assessing Adults' Skills on a Global Scale: A Joint Analysis of Results from PIAAC and STEP. OECD Education Working Papers. No. 230
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Keslair, François; Paccagnella, Marco – OECD Publishing, 2020
This paper illustrates similarities and differences between two international surveys that assess adults' skills: the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) and the Skills Towards Employment and Productivity (STEP) survey. In particular, the paper highlights the issues that can arise for researchers interested to…
Descriptors: Adults, Skills, Surveys, Global Approach
Development of Criteria for Student Data Reporting. 353 Special Demonstration Project Final Report, 1996-97.
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Stoudt, Ashley – 1997
A project was conducted to establish criteria by which adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) student enrollment, completion, early separation, and educational level/category attainment are reported throughout Pennsylvania. First, staff at 10 Project Educational Quality for Adult Literacy (EQuAL) sites were interviewed to identify recurring…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis
Literacy Assessment for Out-of-School Youth and Adults: Concepts, Methods and New Directions. ILI Technical Report.
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Wagner, Daniel A. – 1998
A critical need remains for a practical and low-cost methodology to bridge the gap between methodologies for assessment of literacy at the national survey level. At the program level, it must be able to be used effectively by those in developing countries with limited funds but major literacy problems. Etic (external, quantifiable,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
A Review of the Oregon and Texas Experience in Building Performance Measurement and Reporting Systems: Data Selection, Collection, and Reporting. A Publication of the Performance Measurement Reporting and Improvement System Building Project.
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Campbell, Michael D. – 1995
Texas' and Oregon's experiences in building a performance measurement and reporting information system (PMRIS) for their adult literacy programs were compared. The Oregon PMRIS development effort was a multiyear project involving 10 programs and calling for collection/reporting of data regarding 10 of 272 benchmarks recommended by the Oregon…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation
Profiling the Literacy Proficiencies of JTPA and ES/UI Populations. Final Report to the Department of Labor.
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Kirsch, Irwin S.; And Others – 1992
A comprehensive assessment of the literacy proficiencies of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and Employment Service/Unemployment Insurance (ES/UI) participants was conducted by the Department of Labor. The survey responses of a sample of 2,501 JTPA applicants and 3,277 ES/UI participants were scored, weighted, analyzed, and used to develop a…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Data Collection
Proceedings of the Annual Adult Education Research Conference (23rd, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 1-3, 1982).
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education. – 1982
These proceedings of a conference on research in the field of adult education contain the texts of 40 conference papers and 4 symposia. Included among the areas examined in the individual reports are the following: education participation scale factor structure and correlates for 12,000 learners, a comparative analysis of adult education research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy