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Direct linkGrek, Sotiria – Journal of Education Policy, 2013
Through a sociological analysis of the knowledge and actors that have become central to international assessments, the paper focuses on the processes that influence the production of shared narratives and agendas, adopting the position that their existence is not organic, but rather the product of undertakings that often fabricate and manage,…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Expertise, Educational Policy, Governance
Peer reviewedHautecoeur, Jean-Paul – International Review of Education, 2000
Reports that the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) was administered to 20 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1998. IALS identified a very large proportion of adults with very low levels of literacy, most of whom did not see literacy as being crucial to their well being. (Contains 12…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Testing, Cross Cultural Studies
