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Cort, Pia; Larson, Anne – European Educational Research Journal, 2015
The results of the first PIAAC survey were published in October 2013. In the case of Denmark, the survey showed that Denmark is below the OECD average when it comes to reading skills, above average with regards to numeracy and on average with regards to IT skills. In this paper we analyse how the PIAAC results were covered by the media and how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students
Davis, Junius A. – 1976
The potential of research which uses the data base from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) for affecting federal policy is discussed. Currently, social science research is rarely used as a basis for policy decisions. A reason for this is that social scientists profess interest in policy issues, yet are naive in…
Descriptors: Databases, Decision Making, Educational Policy, Educational Research