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Direct linkAdeola Monty – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2024
This policy brief has been prepared by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) for the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) Regional Conference, held in Manila from 5 to 7 November 2024. This brief is in response to the conference sub-theme of, 'Learning, equity and well-being: foundational literacy,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Data Use, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedBeier, Loreen; Blossfeld, Hans-Peter – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
While gender differences in mathematical competencies favoring boys are well researched for school and late Kindergarten age, much less is known about their earlier development. Using data from the NEPS Newborn Cohort study, this paper focuses on 4 year-old children and the effects of the numerical and literacy stimulation during mother-child…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Literacy, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers
Bruce S. Rawlings; Helen Elizabeth Davis; Adote Anum; Oskar Burger; Lydia Chen; Juliet Carolina Castro Morales; Natalia Dutra; Ardain Dzabatou; Vivian Dzokoto; Alejandro Erut; Frankie T. K. Fong; Sabrina Ghelardi; Micah Goldwater; Gordon Ingram; Emily Messer; Jessica Kingsford; Sheina Lew-Levy; Kimberley Mendez; Morgan Newhouse; Mark Nielsen; Gairan Pamei; Sarah Pope-Caldwell; Karlos Ramos; Luis Emilio Echeverria Rojas; Renan A. C. dos Santos; Lara G. S. Silveira; Julia Watzek; Ciara Wirth; Cristine H. Legare – Developmental Science, 2024
Recent decades have seen a rapid acceleration in global participation in formal education, due to worldwide initiatives aimed to provide school access to all children. Research in high income countries has shown that school quality indicators have a significant, positive impact on numeracy and literacy--skills required to participate in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Quality, School Effectiveness, Measurement
Judith A. Alamprese; Kees Hoogland – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2025
Adults' development of literacy and numeracy skills that can enable them to navigate the demands of contemporary life and be prepared for the future is central to their economic, social, and personal well-being and the functioning of society. This article discusses the role of literacy and numeracy in adult learning and education, beginning with…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Literacy, Numeracy, Skill Development
Pearl S. Kyei; Nana Yaa Nyarko – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
This paper studies the association between caregiver--child interactions and early childhood development in literacy and numeracy in West and Central Africa. Data comes from Multiple Cluster Indicator Surveys (MICS) conducted in Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Togo…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Damon P. Thomas; Belinda Hopwood; Vesife Hatisaru; David Hicks – Australian Educational Researcher, 2024
Developing students' reading and numeracy skills remain key goals of contemporary schooling. In Australia, the National Assessment Program -- Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests have assessed these skills since 2008. Previous research found a significant gender gap in favour of females for the NAPLAN writing test, yet no study has examined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Download full textJonathan Collins; Jared Lisonbee; Cristina Barrera; Katrina Herd; Julie Clark – Utah State Board of Education, 2024
During the 2019 General Session, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 166, "School Readiness Amendments", to improve the coordination and alignment of preschool programming. This report is provided to the Education Interim Committee as a summary of an evaluation of and the efficacy of the High Quality School Readiness (HQSR) Grant…
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Finance, Educational Quality, School Readiness
Wolgast, Anett – European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 2023
Previous research focused on individuals' background, contexts and cognitive performance in education, work, and life. Given the increasing number of people living alone temporarily, the question arises whether the frequent use of skills, including social skills, relates to individuals' later positively self-evaluated skills and social lives.…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Interpersonal Competence, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables
Shammas, Carole – History of Education Quarterly, 2023
The educational attainment literature has brought back interest in early American primary schools, and much current research views those schools as superior to their European peers in the education offered to youth. Its emphasis, though, on using school enrollment as the prime indicator of attainment conflicts with the revisionist view of a…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Educational History, School Surveys, Enrollment Trends
Angela R. Watson; Matthew H. Lee – Program on Education Policy and Governance, 2025
The U.S. homeschool population is of similar magnitude to the private and charter sectors. It is also growing and diversifying, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite recent growth, little is known about parents who choose to homeschool their children today. Even less is known about why parents choose this type of education. Parental…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Academic Achievement, Parent Attitudes, Standardized Tests
Rebecca Wheater; Lisa Kuhn; Rachel Classick; Juan Manuel del Pozo Segura; Maria Jose Guevara; Jennie Harland; Jose Liht; Gustavo Henndel Lopes – UK Department for Education, 2024
The Survey of Adult Skills is a product of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) led by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The Survey of Adult Skills aims to measure the skills needed by adults to participate in society and for economies to prosper. The 2023 survey assessed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Numeracy, Problem Solving
Toimbek, Diana – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
Recent economic diversifications of Kazakhstan from over-reliance on the extraction of natural resources are mainly based on increasing the quality of human capital by building a knowledge-based economy as an instrument for long-term sustainable development. In this regard, the paper explores the level of cognitive skills of the adult population…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Adults, Thinking Skills
Debi Pranata; Hartono; Sugiman; Agus Supramono – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
Minimum Competency Assessment (MCA) is the latest assessment conducted nationally in Indonesia. MCA measures students' cognitive in literacy and numeracy. This study illustrates the difficulty of students in solving numeracy questions in the minimum competency assessment. This research is included in case study research with a qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Numeracy, Minimum Competency Testing
Yamini Aiyar – Oxford University Press, 2025
What will it take to build high-performing, purpose-oriented public sector organizations in India? In answering this question, the voices of India's frontline officers--charged with delivering a vast array of public services to citizens--are dismissed all too quickly. Public debates on the Indian state generally view them as corrupt, apathetic,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Public Schools
Marjorie Thomas – British Journal of Special Education, 2025
Wales is in the middle of a fundamental reform of its curriculum and consequent assessment design. There is a welcome broadening of the range of subjects offered at levels 1 and 2, yet the notion that some subjects are more important than others persists. Furthermore, the 'core' subjects of language, mathematics and science are seeing the biggest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, National Curriculum, Core Curriculum
